Proverbs 1:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּנִ֗י אַל־תֵּלֵ֣ךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ אִתָּ֑ם מְנַ֥ע רַ֝גְלְךָ֗ מִנְּתִיבָתָֽם׃

Transliteration

bni 'al-telek bederek 'ittam mena' ragleka minnetivotam

Grammar Details

*bni*: masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my son
*'al*: negative particle - do not
*telek*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular jussive - walk
*bederek*: preposition + masculine singular noun - in the way
*'ittam*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - with them
*mena'*: qal imperative, masculine singular - keep back
*ragleka*: feminine singular noun + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your foot
*minnetivotam*: preposition + feminine plural noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - from their paths

Word Meanings

*telek*: walk/go/travel
*derek*: way/road/path/journey
*mena'*: keep back/withhold/restrain
*regel*: foot/leg
*netivotam*: their paths/their tracks/their courses

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 119:101 : 101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.
Ps 1:1 : 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:
Ps 26:4-5 : 4 I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers. 5 I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked.
2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.
Prov 4:27 : 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.
Prov 5:8 : 8 Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;
Prov 9:6 : 6 Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.
Prov 13:20 : 20 Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
Jer 14:10 : 10 Thus saith Jehovah unto this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Jehovah doth not accept them; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

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