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Proverbs 5:14
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14 (A)I am at the brink of utter ruin
    in the assembled congregation.”

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Proverbs 5:14
New English Translation

14 I almost[a] came to complete ruin[b]
in the midst of the whole congregation!”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:14 tn The expression כִּמְעַט (kimʿat) is “like a little.” It means “almost,” and is used of unrealized action (BDB 590 s.v. 2). Cf. NCV “I came close to”; NLT “I have come to the brink of.”
  2. Proverbs 5:14 tn Heb “I was in all evil” (cf. KJV, ASV).
  3. Proverbs 5:14 tn The text uses the two words “congregation and assembly” to form a hendiadys, meaning the entire assembly.
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