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Proverbs 5:14
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 5:14
New American Standard Bible
14 I was almost in total ruin
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”
Proverbs 5:14
New English Translation
Proverbs 5:14
New English Translation
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- 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.”
- Proverbs 5:14 tn Heb “I was in all evil” (cf. KJV, ASV).
- 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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