Proverbs 30:8
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:”
שָׁוְא
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
לֶחֶם
the food of
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לֶחֶם
Bread, food, grain. Lechem. Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. There is food for the body and food for the soul.
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רָחַק
put far away
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רָחַק
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
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נָתַן
you give
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נָתַן
To give, to grant, to permit. Nathan. God is always giving. His hand is always open.
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טָרַף
let devour/ me
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טָרַף
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
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חֹק
allotment/ my
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חֹק
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
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מִן
from/ me
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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כָּזָב
falsehood
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כָּזָב
falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
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רֵישׁ
poverty
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רֵישׁ
poverty
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