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Proverbs 3:9

Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

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כַּבֵּ֣דkabedbe chargeableכָּבַדverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “be chargeable”, a commandH3513to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, [idiom] be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).יְ֭הוָהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).מֵהוֹנֶ֑ךָmehonekhafrom enoughהוֹןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “from enough”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1952wealth; by implication, enoughenough, [phrase] for nought, riches, substance, wealth.וּ֝מֵרֵאשִׁ֗יתumereshitand from firstרֵאשִׁיתconjunction, preposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and from first”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7225the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).תְּבוּאָתֶֽךָtevuatekhafruitתְּבוּאָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “fruit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8393income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)fruit, gain, increase, revenue.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase:

Young’s Literal Translation

Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;

World English Bible

Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase;

Darby Translation

Honour Jehovah with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase;

Douay-Rheims

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of all thy fruits:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Honour the Lord with thy just labours, and give him the first of thy fruits of righteousness:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τίμα τὸν Κύριον ἀπὸ σῶν δικαίων πόνων, καὶ ἀπάρχου αὐτῷ ἀπὸ σῶν καρπῶν δικαιοσύνης·