Proverbs 4:17
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- 35 The noun is a cognate accusative stressing that they consume wickedness.
- 36 Heb “the bread of wickedness” (so , , , ). There are two ways to take the genitives: (1) genitives of apposition: wickedness and violence are their food and drink (cf. , , ), or (2) genitives of source: they derive their livelihood from the evil they do (C. H. Toy, Proverbs [], ).
- 37 Heb “the wine of violence” (so , , , ). This is a genitive of source, meaning that the wine they drink was plundered from their violent crime. The Hebrew is structured in an : chiasm: “For they eat the bread of wickedness, and the wine of violence they drink.” The word order in the translation is reversed for the sake of smoothness and readability.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
For they eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
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NLTNew Living Translation
They eat the food of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence!
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
For they ate the bread of wickedness,
and they drank the wine of violence.
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KJV 1900King James Version
For they eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence.
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