King James Version
Proverbs 24:29 in the King James Version says “Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.”
Proverbs 24:29 · KJV
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
I went by the field of the slothful , and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“to me I will render”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“to the man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
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