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Proverbs 23:17 Interlinear

“ envy Let not thine heart sinners but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day”

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Proverbs 23 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אַל	H408		not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
2	יְקַנֵּ֣א	H7065	envy	to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e., (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
3	לִ֭בְּךָ	H3820	Let not thine heart	the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
4	בַּֽחַטָּאִ֑ים	H2400	sinners	a criminal, or one accounted guilty
5	כִּ֥י	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
6	אִם	H518		used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
7	בְּיִרְאַת	H3374	but be thou in the fear	fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence
8	יְ֝הוָ֗ה	H3068	of the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
9	כָּל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
10	הַיּֽוֹם׃	H3117	all the day	a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

Proverbs 23:17 (current) envy Let not thine heart sinners but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day