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אַֽלalnotאַלparticle, 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.תֵּטtetspreadנָטָהverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “spread”, a wish or indirect commandH5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application[phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, o…יָמִ֥יןyaminrightיָמִיןnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “right”, the ordinary formH3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south[phrase] left-handed, right (hand, side), south.וּשְׂמֹ֑אולusemovland leftשְׂמֹאולconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and left”, the ordinary formH8040properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left handleft (hand, side).הָסֵ֖רhaserturnסוּרverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “turn”, a commandH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…רַגְלְךָ֣raglekhafootרֶגֶלnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “foot”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda[idiom] be able to endure, [idiom] according as, [idiom] after, [idiom] coming, [idiom] follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), [idiom] great toe, [idiom] haunt, [idiom] journey, leg, [phrase] piss, [phrase] possession, time.מֵרָֽעmerafrom badרַעpreposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “from bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…
Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.
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American Standard Version (1901)
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.
Young’s Literal Translation
Incline not [to] the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!
World English Bible
Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.
Darby Translation
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.
Douay-Rheims
Decline not to the right hand, nor to the left: turn away thy foot from evil. For the Lord knoweth the ways that are on the right hand: but those are perverse which are on the left hand. But he will make thy courses straight, he will bring forward thy ways in peace.
Jewish Publication Society (1917)
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English
Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, but turn away thy foot from an evil way: a [ for God knows the ways on the right hand, but those on the left are crooked:] b and he will make thy ways straight, and will guide thy steps in peace.
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