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Proverbs 5:17

Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.

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יִֽהְיוּyihyvbeהָיָהverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be”, a wish or indirect commandH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לְךָ֥lekhatoלְךָ֥preposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to”toלְבַדֶּ֑ךָlevadekhato apartבַּדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to apart”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH905properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besidesalone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.וְאֵ֖יןveeynand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).לְזָרִ֣יםlezarimto strangeזוּרpreposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “to strange”, the ordinary formH2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery(come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-) strange(-r, thing, woman).אִתָּֽךְitakheamongאֵתpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.

Young’s Literal Translation

Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee.

World English Bible

Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.

Darby Translation

Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

Douay-Rheims

Keep them to thyself alone, neither let strangers be partakers with thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let them be only thine own, and let no stranger partake with thee.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔστω σοι μόνῳ ὑπάρχοντα, καὶ μηδεὶς ἀλλότριος μετασχέτω σοι.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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