Proverbs 23:17–18
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23:17Do not let your heart envy29 sinners,
but rather be zealous in fearing the Lord30 all the time.
23:18For surely there is a future,31
and your hope will not be cut off.32
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- 29 The verb in this line is אַל־יְקַנֵּא (’al-yéqanne’), the Piel jussive negated. The verb means “to be jealous, to be zealous”; it describes passionate intensity for something. In English, if the object is illegitimate, it is called “envy”; if it is correct, it is called “zeal.” Here the warning is not to envy the sinners. The second colon could use the verb in the positive sense to mean “but rather let your passion burn for the fear of the Lord.”
- 30 Heb “the fear of the Lord.” This expression features an objective genitive: “fearing the Lord.”
- 31 Heb “end” (so ); “a reward.”
- 32 The saying is an understatement; far from being cut off, the “hope” will be realized in the end. So this saying, the thirteenth, advises people to be zealous for the fear of the Lord, their religion, rather than for anything that sinners have to offer.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Let not your heart envy sinners,
but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.
Surely there is a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Do not let your heart envy sinners,
but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.
There is surely a future hope for you,
and your hope will not be cut off.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Don’t let your heart envy sinners;
instead, always fear the Lord.
For then you will have a future,
and your hope will not be dashed.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Don’t envy sinners,
but always continue to fear the Lord.
You will be rewarded for this;
your hope will not be disappointed.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
May your heart not envy the sinners,
but live in fear of Yahweh all day.
Surely there is a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Let not thine heart envy sinners:
But be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
For surely there is an end;
And thine expectation shall not be cut off.
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