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Proverbs 4:17 — King James Version← Study notes

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.


Proverbs 4:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 4:177 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֣יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
לָ֭חֲמוּlāḥămw
devourverbH3898
eat · ever · fight · overcome ···
לֶ֣חֶםleḥem
breadnounH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
רֶ֑שַׁעrešaʿ
iniquitynounH7562
wicked
וְ/יֵ֖יןwəyēyn
banquetingconjH3196
wine · wine
חֲמָסִ֣יםḥămāsiym
cruelnounH2555
damage · false · injustice · oppressor ···
יִשְׁתּֽוּyišətw
banquetverbH8354
assuredly · certainly · drink(-er · -ing) ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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