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Proverbs 30:8

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Keep deception and lies far from me, Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is my portion,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Vanity and falsehood, remove far from me, Neither poverty nor riches, give me, Feed me with the food appointed me:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Remove far from me vanity, and lying words. Give me neither beggary, nor riches: give me only the necessaries of life:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Remooue farre from me vanitie and lyes: giue me not pouertie, nor riches: feede me with foode conuenient for me,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Remoue farre from mee vanity, and lyes; giue me neither pouerty, nor riches, feede me with food conuenient for me.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; give me life sufficient
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Remove far from me vanity and falsehood: and give me not wealth [or] poverty; but appoint me what is needful and sufficient:
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Remove far 7368
{7368} Prime
רָחַק
rachaq
{raw-khak'}
A primitive root; to widen (in any direction), that is, (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation).
z8685
<8685> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 731
from x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
me vanity 7723
{7723} Prime
שָׁוְא
shav'
{shawv}
From the same as H7722 in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjectively), uselessness (as deceptive, objectively; also adverbially in vain).
and lies: 1697
{1697} Prime
דָּבָר
dabar
{daw-baw'}
From H1696; a word; by implication a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially a cause.
3577
{3577} Prime
כָּזָב
kazab
{kaw-zawb'}
From H3576; falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol).
give 5414
{5414} Prime
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
me neither x408
(0408) Complement
אַל
'al
{al}
A negative particle (akin to H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing.
poverty 7389
{7389} Prime
רֵישׁ
reysh
{raysh}
From H7326; poverty.
nor riches; 6239
{6239} Prime
עֹשֶׁר
`osher
{o'-sher}
From H6238; wealth.
feed 2963
{2963} Prime
טָרַף
taraph
{taw-raf'}
A primitive root; to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels).
z8685
<8685> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 731
me with food 3899
{3899} Prime
לֶחֶם
lechem
{lekh'-em}
From H3898; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it).
convenient 2706
{2706} Prime
חֹק
choq
{khoke}
From H2710; an enactment; hence an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage).
for me:
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 30:7-9.


Proverbs 30:8

_ _ vanity — all sorts of sinful acts (Job 11:11; Isaiah 5:18).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 30:7-9.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 30:8

Vanity — All vanity of heart and life; a vain conversation, or a love of the vain things of this world. Lies — All falsehood and deceit in my words and carriage. Convenient — Moderate and suitable both to my natural necessities, and to that condition of life in which thou hast put me.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Remove:

Proverbs 21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Proverbs 22:8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Proverbs 23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Psalms 62:9-10 Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, [and] men of high degree [are] a lie: to be laid in the balance, they [are] altogether [lighter] than vanity. ... Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them].
Psalms 119:29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
Psalms 119:37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way.
Ecclesiastes 1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity.
Isaiah 5:18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
Isaiah 59:4 None calleth for justice, nor [any] pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
John 2:8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare [it].
Acts 14:15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

feed:

Genesis 28:20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Genesis 48:15-16 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, ... The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Exodus 16:15 And when the children of Israel saw [it], they said one to another, It [is] manna: for they wist not what it [was]. And Moses said unto them, This [is] the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
Exodus 16:18 And when they did mete [it] with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
Exodus 16:21-22 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. ... And it came to pass, [that] on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one [man]: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
Exodus 16:29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Exodus 16:35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Luke 11:3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
1 Timothy 6:6-8 But godliness with contentment is great gain. ... And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

convenient for me:
Heb. of my allowance,
2 Kings 25:30 And his allowance [was] a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
Jeremiah 37:21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Jeremiah 52:34 And [for] his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Gn 28:20; 48:15. Ex 16:15, 18, 21, 29, 35. 2K 25:30. Ps 62:9; 119:29, 37. Pv 21:6; 22:8; 23:5. Ec 1:2. Is 5:18; 59:4. Jr 37:21; 52:34. Mt 6:11, 33. Lk 11:3. Jn 2:8. Ac 14:15. 1Ti 6:6.

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