PROV 3:31 Interlinear View

1. Hebrew word
2. Hebrew lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. אַל
2. 388142
3. Do not
4. Don't don't
5. 408
6. S-Tn
7. do_not
8. S
9. Y-1000
10. 270186
2. 388143
3. -
4. -
6. -x-maqqef
8. -
9. -
10. 270187
1. תְּקַנֵּא
2. 388144
3. be jealous
4. -
5. 7065
6. V-Vpj2ms
7. be_jealous
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 270188
1. בְּ,אִישׁ
2. 388145,388146
3. of a person of
4. -
5. 376
6. S-R,Ncmsc
7. of,a_person_of
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 270189
1. חָמָס
2. 388147
3. violence
4. violent
5. 2555
6. S-Ncmsa
7. violence
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 270190
1. וְ,אַל
2. 388148,388149
3. and do not
4. and
5. 408
6. S-C,Tn
7. and,do_not
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 270191
2. 388150
3. -
4. -
6. -x-maqqef
8. -
9. -
10. 270192
1. תִּבְחַר
2. 388151
3. choose
4. -
5. 977
6. V-Vqj2ms
7. choose
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 270193
1. בְּ,כָל
2. 388152,388153
3. in all
4. -
5. 3605
6. S-R,Ncmsc
7. in=all
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 270194
2. 388154
3. -
4. -
6. -x-maqqef
8. -
9. -
10. 270195
1. דְּרָכָי,ו
2. 388155,388156
3. ways of his
4. -
5. 1870
6. S-Ncbpc,Sp3ms
7. ways_of,his
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 270196
2. 388157
3. -
4. -
6. -x-sof-pasuq
8. -
9. -
10. 270197

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 3:21–35: Fourth lesson: Be a good neighbor and do not behave like a wicked person

The father started this lesson by exhorting his son to always use sound judgment, because then he would have nothing to fear (3:21–26). He then told his son what to avoid in order to be a good neighbor. He advised him to not follow the behavior of wicked people (3:27–31). The lesson ends with a series of contrasts between the way that the LORD will treat the righteous and the wicked (3:32–35).

Another heading for this section is:

How to be a good neighbor

3:31

Notice the parallel commands. There is an implied progression from an attitude in 3:31a to an action in 3:31b.

^31aDo not envy a violent man

^31bor choose any of his ways;

3:31b

or choose any of his ways;

and do not follow^(sing) their example/behavior,
and do not decide to act like they do.

3:31a–b

Do not envy…or choose any of his ways: In this context, it is implied that the violent person commits crime in order to gain wealth. The son is admonished to not envy or be jealous of such a person. He should not desire to possess for himself the wealth or social status of a rich criminal.

The parallel command or choose any of his ways indicates that he should not decide to follow any of the rich criminal’s wicked behavior.

Some other ways to translate these parallel commands are:

Don’t be jealous of violent people or decide to act as they do. (GNT)

Don’t be jealous of those who use violence, and don’t choose to be like them. (NCV)

3:31a

Do not envy a violent man

Do not be^(sing) envious of violent/lawless people who have become prosperous,
Do not desire for yourself the wealth of criminals,

a violent man: The word that the BSB and most versions translate as violent often refers to someone who uses physical brutality (CEV has “cruel”). But it may also refer to anyone who breaks the law. For example, both the NJPS and NAB have:

lawless man (NAB, NJPS)

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

בְּ⁠אִ֣ישׁ חָמָ֑ס

of,a_person_of violence/cruelty

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe a man who is characterized by violence. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “of a violent man”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

בְּ⁠אִ֣ישׁ

of,a_person_of

Here, man represents a person in general, not one particular man. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an expression that would be more natural in your language. Alternate translation: “of any person of”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דְּרָכָֽי⁠ו

ways_of,his

Here Solomon uses ways to refer to the behavior of a man of violence. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the things he does”

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
4. Hebrew word
5. Hebrew lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. Do not
2. Don't don't
3. 515
5. 388142
6. S-Tn
8. S
9. Y-1000
10. 270186
1. be jealous
2. -
3. 6962
5. 388144
6. V-Vpj2ms
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 270188
1. of a person of
2. -
3. 846,266
5. 388145,388146
6. S-R,Ncmsc
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 270189
1. violence
2. violent
3. 2576
5. 388147
6. S-Ncmsa
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 270190
1. and do not
2. and
3. 1987,515
5. 388148,388149
6. S-C,Tn
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 270191
1. choose
2. -
3. 1177
5. 388151
6. V-Vqj2ms
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 270193
1. in all
2. -
3. 846,3671
5. 388152,388153
6. S-R,Ncmsc
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 270194
1. ways of his
2. -
3. 1685,1978
5. 388155,388156
6. S-Ncbpc,Sp3ms
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 270196

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.