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Proverbs 6:25

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

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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.תַּחְמֹ֣דtachmoddelightחָמַדverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “delight”, a wish or indirect commandH2530to delight inbeauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, ([idiom] great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).יָ֭פְיָהּyafeyahbeautyיֳפִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “beauty”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3308beautybeauty.בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָbilvavekhain breastלֵבָבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “in 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.וְאַלvealand notאַלconjunction, particle, negative — “and 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.תִּ֝קָּֽחֲךָ֗tiqachakhatakeלָקַחverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “take”, a wish or indirect commandH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.בְּעַפְעַפֶּֽיהָbeafapeyhain dawningעַפְעַףpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “in dawning”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6079an eyelash (as fluttering); figuratively, morning raydawning, eye-lid.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

Young’s Literal Translation

Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

World English Bible

Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

Darby Translation

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;

Douay-Rheims

Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let not the desire of beauty overcome thee, neither be thou caught by thine eyes, neither be captivated with her eyelids.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μή σε νικήσῃ κάλλους ἐπιθυμία, μηδὲ ἀγρευθῇς σοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς, μηδὲ συναρπασθῇς ἀπὸ τῶν αὐτῆς βλεφάρων.