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Psalms 119:165

Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

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שָׁל֣וֹםshalomhealthשָׁלוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “health”, the ordinary formH7965safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace[idiom] do, familiar, [idiom] fare, favour, [phrase] friend, [idiom] great, (good) health, ([idiom] perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, ([idiom] all is, be) well, [idiom] whol…רָ֭בravaboundרַבadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “abound”, the ordinary formH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…לְאֹהֲבֵ֣יleohaveto loveאָהַבpreposition, verb, qal, participle, construct — “to love”, a verb used as a describing wordH157to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)(be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.תוֹרָתֶ֑ךָtoratekhalawתּוֹרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8451a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuchlaw.וְאֵֽיןveeynand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).לָ֥מוֹlamvotoלָ֥מוֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toמִכְשֽׁוֹלmikhsholcaused to fallמִכְשׁוֹלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “caused to fall”, the ordinary formH4383a stumbling-block, literally or figuratively (obstacle, enticement (specifically an idol), scruple)caused to fall, offence, [idiom] (no-) thing offered, ruin, stumbling-block.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Great peace have they that love Thy law; and there is no stumbling for them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling.

Young’s Literal Translation

Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.

World English Bible

Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.

Darby Translation

Great peace have they that love thy law, and nothing doth stumble them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Great peace have they that love Thy law; and there is no stumbling for them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Great peace have they that love thy law: and there is no stumbling-block to them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἰρήνη πολλὴ τοῖς ἀγαπῶσι τὸν νόμον σου, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖς σκάνδαλον.