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Proverbs 1:13

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1:13We will seize70 all kinds71 of precious wealth;

we will fill our houses with plunder.72

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Footnotes

  1. 70 Heb “find.” The use of the verb מָצָא (matsa’, “to find”) is deliberate understatement to rhetorically down-play the heinous act of thievery.
  2. 71 Heb “all wealth of preciousness.”
  3. 72 The noun שָׁלָל (shalal, “plunder”) functions as an adverbial accusative of material: “with plunder.” This term is normally used for the spoils of war (e.g., Deut 20:14; Josh 7:21; Judg 8:24, 25; 1 Sam 30:20) but here refers to “stolen goods” (so , ; e.g., Isa 10:2; Prov 16:19; 1022 3). The enticement was to join a criminal gang and adopt a life of crime to enjoy ill-gotten gain (A. Cohen, Proverbs, 4). Cf. , “booty”; “loot.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

we shall find all precious goods,

we shall fill our houses with plunder;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

we will get all sorts of valuable things

and fill our houses with plunder;

CSBChristian Standard Bible

We’ll find all kinds of valuable property

and fill our houses with plunder.

NLTNew Living Translation

Think of the great things we’ll get!

We’ll fill our houses with all the stuff we take.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

We shall find all precious wealth,

we shall fill our houses with booty,

KJV 1900King James Version

We shall find all precious substance,

We shall fill our houses with spoil: