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Proverbs 3:31
New Living Translation
Proverbs 3:31
New Living Translation
31 Don’t envy violent people
or copy their ways.
Proverbs 3:31
New English Translation
Proverbs 3:31
New English Translation
31 Do not envy a violent man,[a]
and do not choose any of his ways;
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:31 tn Heb “a man of violence.” The noun חָמָס (khamas, “violence”) functions as an attributive genitive. The word itself means “violence, wrong” (HALOT 329 s.v.) and refers to physical violence, social injustice, harsh treatment, wild ruthlessness, injurious words, hatred, and general rudeness (BDB 329 s.v.).
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