Proverbs 23:17

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

Let not your heart envy sinners: but be you in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

American King James Version (AKJV)

Let not your heart envy sinners: but be you in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Let not thy heart envy sinners; But be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:

Basic English Translation (BBE)

Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

Webster's Revision

Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

World English Bible

Don't let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Yahweh all the day long.

English Revised Version (ERV)

Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long:

Definitions for Proverbs 23:17

Let - To hinder or obstruct.

Barnes's Proverbs 23:17 Bible Commentary

Envy sinners - Compare in Psalm 37:1; Psalm 73:3; the feeling which looks half-longingly at the prosperity of evil doers. Some connect the verb "envy" with the second clause, "envy not sinners, but envy, emulate, the fear of the Lord."

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