King James Version
Proverbs 24:11 in the King James Version says “If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;”
Proverbs 24:11 · KJV
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. small: Heb. narrow
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: to: Heb. upon thy palate
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto death”
H4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“If thou forbear”
H2820to restrain or (reflexive) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
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