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Proverbs 14:14
New English Translation
Proverbs 14:14
New English Translation
14 The backslider[a] will be paid back[b] from his own ways,
but a good person will be rewarded[c] for his.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:14 tn Heb “a backslidden heart.” The term סוּג (sug) means “to move away; to move backwards; to depart; to backslide” (BDB 690 s.v. I סוּג). This individual is the one who backslides, that is, who departs from the path of righteousness.
- Proverbs 14:14 tn Heb “will be filled”; cf. KJV, ASV. The verb (“to be filled, to be satisfied”) here means “to be repaid,” that is, to partake in his own evil ways. His faithlessness will come back to haunt him.
- Proverbs 14:14 tn The phrase “will be rewarded” does not appear in the Hebrew but is supplied based on the parallelism for the sake of clarity and smoothness.
Proverbs 14:14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 14:14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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- 14.14 Cn: Heb from upon him
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