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Proverbs 8:36

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

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וְֽ֭חֹטְאִיvechoteiand by faultחָטָאconjunction, verb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and by fault”, a verb used as a describing wordH2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemnbear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.חֹמֵ֣סchomesmake bareחָמַסverb, qal, participle, absolute — “make bare”, a verb used as a describing wordH2554to be violent; by implication, to maltreatmake bare, shake off, violate, do violence, take away violently, wrong, imagine wrongfully.נַפְשׁ֑וֹnafshvocreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).מְ֝שַׂנְאַ֗יmesanayhateשָׂנֵאverb, piel, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “hate”, a verb used as a describing wordH8130to hate (personally)enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [idiom] utterly.אָ֣הֲבוּahavvloveאָהַבverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “love”, a completed actionH157to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)(be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.מָֽוֶתmavetdeadמָוֶתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dead”, the ordinary formH4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But he that misseth me wrongeth his own soul; all they that hate me love death.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.

Young’s Literal Translation

And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!

World English Bible

But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”

Darby Translation

but he that sinneth against me doeth violence to his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

Douay-Rheims

But he that shall sin against me, shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

But he that misseth me wrongeth his own soul; all they that hate me love death.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: and they that hate me love death.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οἱ δὲ ἁμαρτάνοντες εἰς ἐμὲ, ἀσεβοῦσιν εἰς τὰς ἑαυτῶν ψυχὰς, καὶ οἱ μισοῦντές με ἀγαπῶσι θάνατον.