King James Version
Proverbs 2:17 in the King James Version says “Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.”
Proverbs 2:17 · KJV
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the guide”
H441familiar; a friend, also gentle; and so, a chieftain (as notable, like neat cattle)
“of her youth”
H5271(only in plural collective or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“of her God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“and forgetteth”
H7911to mislay, i.e., to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
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