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Proverbs 10:3

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The LORD will not allow the righteous to hunger, But He will reject the craving of the wicked.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Jehovah suffereth not the soul of the righteous [man] to famish; but he repelleth the craving of the wicked.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Yahweh, suffereth not to famish, the soul of the righteous, but, the desire of the lawless, he thrusteth away.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The Lord will not famish the soule of the righteous: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The LORD will not suffer the soule of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; but he casts away the substance of the wicked.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— The Lord will not famish a righteous soul: but he will overthrow the life of the ungodly.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Yahweh will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Yähwè יָהוֶה 3068
{3068} Prime
יְהֹוָה
Y@hovah
{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
will not x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
suffer y7456
[7456] Standard
רָעֵב
ra`eb
{raw-abe'}
A primitive root; to hunger.
z0
<0000> Grammar
The original word in the Greek or Hebrew is translated by more than one word in the English. The English translation is separated by one or more other words from the original.
the soul 5315
{5315} Prime
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
{neh'-fesh}
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental).
of the righteous 6662
{6662} Prime
צַדִּיק
tsaddiyq
{tsad-deek'}
From H6663; just.
to famish: 7456
{7456} Prime
רָעֵב
ra`eb
{raw-abe'}
A primitive root; to hunger.
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
but he casteth away 1920
{1920} Prime
הָדַף
Hadaph
{haw-daf'}
A primitive root; to push away or down.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
the substance 1942
{1942} Prime
הַוָּה
havvah
{hav-vaw'}
From H1933 (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon; by implication of falling); desire; also ruin.
of the wicked. 7563
{7563} Prime
רָשָׁע
rasha`
{raw-shaw'}
From H7561; morally wrong; concretely an (actively) bad person.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Proverbs 10:3

_ _ (Compare Psalms 37:16-20). The last clause is better: “He will repel the greedy desires of the wicked.”

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 10:2-3.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Proverbs 10:3

The LORD will (b) not allow the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

(b) Though he permits the just to want for a time, yet he will send him comfort in due season.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
will:

Job 5:20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
Psalms 10:14 Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite [it] with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 33:19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Psalms 34:9-10 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for [there is] no want to them that fear him. ... 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.
Psalms 37:19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Psalms 37:25 I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Isaiah 33:16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence [shall be] the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters [shall be] sure.
Matthew 6:30-33 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? ... But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Luke 12:22-24 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. ... Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Luke 12:31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Hebrews 13:5-6 [Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. ... So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

but:

Job 20:5-8 That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment? ... He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Job 20:20-22 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. ... In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
Job 20:28 The increase of his house shall depart, [and his goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Habakkuk 2:6-8 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth [that which is] not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! ... Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and [for] the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
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.

the substance of the wicked:
or, the wicked for their wickedness,
Proverbs 14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
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Jb 5:20; 20:5, 20, 28. Ps 10:14; 33:19; 34:9; 37:3, 19, 25. Pv 14:32. Is 33:16. Hab 2:6. Zp 1:18. Mt 6:30. Lk 12:22, 31. He 13:5.

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