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Psalms 101:4

A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

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לֵבָ֣בlevavbreastלֵבָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “breast”, the ordinary formH3824the heart (as the most interior organ);[phrase] bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, [idiom] unawares, understanding.עִ֭קֵּשׁiqeshcrookedעִקֵּשׁadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “crooked”, the ordinary formH6141distorted; hence, falsecrooked, froward, perverse.יָס֣וּרyasurturnסוּרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “turn”, an unfinished actionH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…מִמֶּ֑נִּיmimenifromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.רָ֝֗עrabadרַעadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…אֵדָֽעedaknowיָדַעverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “know”, an unfinished actionH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil thing.

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American Standard Version (1901)

A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing.

Young’s Literal Translation

A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not.

World English Bible

A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

Darby Translation

A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil.

Douay-Rheims

For my days are vanished like smoke: and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil thing.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

A perverse heart has not cleaved to me; I have not known an evil man, forasmuch as he turns away from me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἐκκλίνοντος ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ τοῦ πονηροῦ οὐκ ἐγίνωσκον.