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Proverbs 7:2

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

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שְׁמֹ֣רshemorbewardשָׁמַרverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “beward”, a commandH8104properly, 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).מִצְוֺתַ֣יmitsotaylawמִצְוָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4687a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)(which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.וֶחְיֵ֑הvechyehand liveחָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and live”, a commandH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.וְ֝תוֹרָתִ֗יvetoratiand lawתּוֹרָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8451a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuchlaw.כְּאִישׁ֥וֹןkeishonas appleאִישׁוֹןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “as apple”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH380the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball; hence, the middle (of night)apple (of the eye), black, obscure.עֵינֶֽיךָeyneykhaeye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of thine eye.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.

Young’s Literal Translation

Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.

World English Bible

Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

Darby Translation

Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.

Douay-Rheims

Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live: and my law as the apple of thy eye:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of thine eye.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

keep my commandments, and thou shalt live; and keep my words as the pupils of thine eyes.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

φύλαξον ἐμὰς ἐντολὰς καὶ βιώσεις, τοὺς δὲ ἐμοὺς λόγους ὥσπερ κόρας ὀμμάτων.