Passage

Proverbs 3.31

Book: Proverbs · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"29. Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 30. Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm."

"31. Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways."

"32. For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright. 33. The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous." (Proverbs 3:29-33, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"29. Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you. 30. Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm."

"31. Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways."

"32. For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright. 33. Yahweh’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous." (Proverbs 3:29-33, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"29. Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. ^{Devise: or, Practise no evil} 30. Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm."

"31. Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. ^{the oppressor: Heb. a man of violence}"

"32. For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. 33. The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just." (Proverbs 3:29-33, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"29. Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee. 30. Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil."

"31. Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways."

"32. For an abomination to Jehovah [is] the perverted, And with the upright [is] His secret counsel. 33. The curse of Jehovah [is] in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth." (Proverbs 3:29-33, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

H7065 - qana

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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