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Proverbs 3:29

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3:29Do not plot89 evil against your neighbor

when90 he dwells by you unsuspectingly.

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Footnotes

  1. 89 The verb חָרַשׁ (kharash) means “to cut in; to engrave; to plough; to devise.” The idea of plotting is metaphorical for working, practicing or fabricating ( 360 ).
  2. 90 The vav (ו) prefixed to the pronoun introduces a disjunctive circumstantial clause: “when.…”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Do not plan evil against your neighbor,

who dwells trustingly beside you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not plot harm against your neighbor,

who lives trustfully near you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Don’t plan any harm against your neighbor,

for he trusts you and lives near you.

NLTNew Living Translation

Don’t plot harm against your neighbor,

for those who live nearby trust you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not plot harm against your neighbor

who dwells in confidence beside you.

KJV 1900King James Version

Devise not evil against thy neighbour,

Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.