Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleBoth hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together. Young's Literal Translation On the evil [are] both hands to do [it] well, The prince is asking—also the judge—for recompence, And the great—he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up. King James Bible That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. Hebrew Both handsכַּפַּ֙יִם֙ (kap·pa·yim) Noun - fd Strong's 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan are skilled לְהֵיטִ֔יב (lə·hê·ṭîḇ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing at evil; הָרַ֤ע (hā·ra‘) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil the prince הַשַּׂ֣ר (haś·śar) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince and the judge וְהַשֹּׁפֵ֖ט (wə·haš·šō·p̄êṭ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate demand שֹׁאֵ֔ל (šō·’êl) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand a bribe; בַּשִׁלּ֑וּם (baš·šil·lūm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7966: A requital, retribution, a fee when the powerful וְהַגָּד֗וֹל (wə·hag·gā·ḏō·wl) Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent utters דֹּבֵ֨ר (dō·ḇêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue his ה֖וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are evil הַוַּ֥ת (haw·waṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 1942: Desire, chasm, destruction desire, נַפְשׁ֛וֹ (nap̄·šōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion they all conspire together. וַֽיְעַבְּתֽוּהָ׃ (way·‘ab·bə·ṯū·hā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person feminine singular Strong's 5686: To interlace, to pervert |
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