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Proverbs 4:21

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

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אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.יַלִּ֥יזוּyalizvdepartלוּזverb, hiphil, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “depart”, a wish or indirect commandH3868to turn aside , i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perversedepart, froward, perverse(-ness).מֵעֵינֶ֑יךָmeeyneykhafrom eye , , -sightעַיִןpreposition, noun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “from eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…שָׁ֝מְרֵ֗םshamerembewardשָׁמַרverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “beward”, a commandH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).בְּת֣וֹךְbetokhein amongתָּוֶךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in among”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8432a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centreamong(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).לְבָבֶֽךָlevavekhabreastלֵבָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “breast”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3824the heart (as the most interior organ);[phrase] bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, [idiom] unawares, understanding.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.

Young’s Literal Translation

Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.

World English Bible

Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.

Darby Translation

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.

Douay-Rheims

Let them not depart from thy eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

that thy fountains may not fail thee; keep them in thine heart.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅπως μὴ ἐκλίπωσί σε αἱ πηγαί σου, φύλασσε αὐτὰς ἐν καρδίᾳ.

American Standard Version (1901)

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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