Proverbs 30:10

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Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.	Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.	There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Accuse^H3960 not a servant^H5650 unto his master^H113, lest he curse^H7043 thee, and thou be found guilty^H816.

Original Hebrew

אַל־תַּלְשֵׁן עֶבֶד אֶל־ [אֲדֹנֹו כ] (אֲדֹנָיו ק) פֶּן־יְקַלֶּלְךָ וְאָשָׁמְתָּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אַל	'al-	H408	HTn	may not
תַּלְשֵׁ֣ן	tal.Shen	H3960	HVhj2ms	you slander
עֶ֭בֶד	'E.ved	H5650	HNcmsa	a slave
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
[אדנ/ו כ] (אֲדֹנָ֑י/ו ק)	[ʼâdôwn כ] ('a.do.no/v ק)	H113 כ	HNcmpc/Sp3ms	(master(s)/ his ק)
פֶּֽן	pen-	H6435	HC	lest
יְקַלֶּלְ/ךָ֥	ye.ka.lel./Cha	H7043	HVpi3ms/Sp2ms	he should curse/ you
וְ/אָשָֽׁמְתָּ	ve./'a.Sha.me.ta	H816	HC/Vqq2ms	and/ you will be held guilty

Where the Hebrew text is written one way but traditionally read another, both are shown: [written form כ] (Ketiv) and (read form ק) (Qere).

Strong's References

H113 — אָדוֹן (ʼâdôwn, aw-done'): or (shortened) אָדֹן (ʼâdôn); from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine); lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.
H816 — אָשַׁם (ʼâsham, aw-sham'): or אָשֵׁם (ʼâshêm); a primitive root; to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish; [idiom] certainly, be(-come, made) desolate, destroy, [idiom] greatly, be(-come, found, hold) guilty, offend (acknowledge offence), trespass.
H3960 — לָשַׁן (lâshan, law-shan'): a primitive root; properly, to lick; but used only as a denominative from לָשׁוֹן (lâshôwn) H3956; to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate; accuse, slander.
H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד (ʻâbad) H5647; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
H7043 — קָלַל (qâlal, kaw-lal'): a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.); abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-) curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), [idiom] slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-) vile, whet.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא (lôʼ) H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל (ʼel) ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
H6435 — פֵּן (pên, pane): from פָּנָה (pânâh) H6437; properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest; (lest) (peradventure), that...not.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

Accuse not — Deuteronomy 23:15, 1 Samuel 22:9-10, 1 Samuel 24:9, 1 Samuel 26:19, 1 Samuel 30:15, 2 Samuel 16:1-4, 2 Samuel 19:26-27, Proverbs 24:23, Daniel 3:8-18, Daniel 6:13, Daniel 6:24, Romans 14:4
lest — Deuteronomy 15:9, 2 Chronicles 24:22-24, Proverbs 11:26, Proverbs 24:24, Proverbs 28:27

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