King James Version

Proverbs 4:6

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

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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.תַּעַזְבֶ֥הָtaazvehacommit selfעָזַבverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “commit self”, a wish or indirect commandH5800to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.וְתִשְׁמְרֶ֑ךָּvetishmerekaand bewardשָׁמַרconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and beward”, an unfinished actionH8104properly, 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).אֱהָבֶ֥הָehavehaloveאָהַבverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “love”, a commandH157to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)(be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.וְתִצְּרֶֽךָּvetitsrekaand besiegedנָצַרconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and besieged”, an unfinished actionH5341to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; love her, and she will keep thee.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

Young’s Literal Translation

Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.

World English Bible

Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

Darby Translation

Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.

Douay-Rheims

Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee: love her, and she shall preserve thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; love her, and she will keep thee.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to thee: love it, and it shall keep thee.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

μηδὲ ἐγκαταλίπῃς αὐτὴν, καὶ ἀνθέξεταί σου· ἐράσθητι αὐτῆς, καὶ τηρήσει σε.