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31 Don’t envy violent people
    or copy their ways.

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31 Do not envy a violent man,[a]
and do not choose any of his ways;

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Footnotes

  1. 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.).

31 (A)Do not envy (B)a man of violence
    and do not choose any of his ways,

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