King James Version
Proverbs 30:8 in the King James Version says “Remove far from me vanity and lies : give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: convenient...” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Remove far from me vanity and lies : give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: convenient: Heb. of my allowance”
Proverbs 30:8 · KJV
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: deny: Heb. withhold not from me
Remove far from me vanity and lies : give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: convenient: Heb. of my allowance
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. deny: Heb. belie thee
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. Accuse: Heb. Hurt not with thy tongue
KJV Study — Public Domain
“from me vanity”
H7723evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, object
“and lies”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“Remove far”
H7368to widen (in any direction), i.e., (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“feed”
H2963to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
“me with food”
H3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
“convenient”
H2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
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