King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
Complete Jewish Bible:
ADONAI does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
Berean Standard Bible:
The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.
American Standard Version:
Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
The LORD{H3068} will not suffer{H7456} the soul{H5315} of the righteous{H6662} to famish{H7456}: but he casteth away{H1920} the substance{H1942} of the wicked{H7563}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Matthew 6:30
- Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, [shall he] not much more [clothe] you, O ye of little faith?
Matthew 6:33
- But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Psalms 37:25
- I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Psalms 34:9
- O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for [there is] no want to them that fear him.
Psalms 34:10
- The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good [thing].
Psalms 37:3
- Trust in the LORD, and do good; [so] shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Zephaniah 1:18
- Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
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Commentary for Proverbs 10:3
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H3068
There are 5521 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יְהֹוָה
Transliteration: Yᵉhôvâh
Pronunciation: yeh-ho-vaw'
Description: from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה. - Strong's Number: H7456
There are 11 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רָעֵב
Transliteration: râʻêb
Pronunciation: raw-abe'
Description: a primitive root; to hunger; (suffer to) famish, (be, have, suffer, suffer to) hunger(-ry). - Strong's Number: H5315
There are 683 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נֶפֶשׁ
Transliteration: nephesh
Pronunciation: neh'-fesh
Description: from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it. - Strong's Number: H6662
There are 197 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: צַדִּיק
Transliteration: tsaddîyq
Pronunciation: tsad-deek'
Description: from צָדַק; just; just, lawful, righteous (man). - Strong's Number: H1920
There are 11 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: הָדַף
Transliteration: hâdaph
Pronunciation: haw-daf'
Description: a primitive root; to push away or down; cast away (out), drive, expel, thrust (away). - Strong's Number: H1942
There are 16 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: הַוָּה
Transliteration: havvâh
Pronunciation: hav-vaw'
Description: from הָוָא (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon; by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin; calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness. - Strong's Number: H7563
There are 249 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רָשָׁע
Transliteration: râshâʻ
Pronunciation: raw-shaw'
Description: from רָשַׁע; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.