King James Version

Proverbs 8:31

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

מְ֭שַׂחֶקֶתmesacheqetlaughשָׂחַקverb, piel, participle, absolute — “laugh”, a verb used as a describing wordH7832to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to playderide, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.בְּתֵבֵ֣לbetevelin habitable partתֵּבֵלpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “in habitable part”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8398the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestinehabitable part, world.אַרְצ֑וֹartsvoearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וְ֝שַׁעֲשֻׁעַ֗יveshaashuayand delightשַׁעְשֻׁעַconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and delight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8191enjoymentdelight, pleasure.אֶתetamongאֵתpreposition — “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.בְּנֵ֥יbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […אָדָֽםadampersonאָדָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “person”, the ordinary formH120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)[idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Playing in His habitable earth, and my delights are with the sons of men.

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.

Young’s Literal Translation

Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights [are] with the sons of men.

World English Bible

rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.

Darby Translation

rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights [were] with the sons of men.

Douay-Rheims

Playing in the world: and my delights were to be with the children of men.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Playing in His habitable earth, and my delights are with the sons of men.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ὅτε ἐνευφραίνετο τὴν οἰκουμένην συντελέσας, καὶ ἐνευφραίνετο ἐν υἱοῖς ἀνθρώπων.