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Proverbs 5:12

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

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וְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗veamartaand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, a completed action in a sequenceH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…אֵ֭יךְeykhhowאֵיךְparticle, interrogative — “how”H349how? or how!; also wherehow, what.שָׂנֵ֣אתִיsanetihateשָׂנֵאverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “hate”, a completed actionH8130to hate (personally)enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [idiom] utterly.מוּסָ֑רmusarchastisementמוּסָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “chastisement”, the ordinary formH4148properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraintbond, chastening(-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַתvetokhachatand correctionתּוֹכֵחָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and correction”, the ordinary formH8433chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)argument, [idiom] chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, [idiom] be (often) reproved.נָאַ֥ץnaatsabhorנָאַץverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “abhor”, a completed actionH5006to scorn;abhor, (give occasion to) blaspheme, contemn, despise, flourish, [idiom] great, provoke.לִבִּֽיlibicomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

Young’s Literal Translation

And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

World English Bible

and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.

Darby Translation

and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!

Douay-Rheims

Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs!

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἐρεῖς, πῶς ἐμίσησα παιδείαν, καὶ ἐλέγχους ἐξέκλινεν ἡ καρδία μου;