Proverbs 10:3
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
The LORDיְ֭הוָה
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah
will not allow the righteousצַדִּ֑יק
(tzad·dik;)
6662: just, righteousfrom the same as tsedeq
to hunger,יַרְעִ֣יב
(yar·'iv)
7456: to be hungrya prim. root
But He will rejectיֶהְדֹּֽף׃
(yeh·dof.)
1920: to thrust, drive, pusha prim. root
the cravingוְהַוַּ֖ת
(ve·hav·vat)
1942: desire, chasm, destructionfrom havah
of the wicked.רְשָׁעִ֣ים
(re·sha·'im)
7563: wicked, criminalfrom an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
The LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
will not suffer
ra`eb  (raw-abe')
to hunger -- (suffer to) famish, (be, have, suffer, suffer to) hunger(-ry).
the soul
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
of the righteous
tsaddiyq  (tsad-deek')
just -- just, lawful, righteous (man).
to famish
ra`eb  (raw-abe')
to hunger -- (suffer to) famish, (be, have, suffer, suffer to) hunger(-ry).
but he casteth away
Hadaph  (haw-daf')
to push away or down -- cast away (out), drive, expel, thrust (away).
the substance
havvah  (hav-vaw')
by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin -- calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.
of the wicked
rasha`  (raw-shaw')
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person -- + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The LORD will not allow the righteous to hunger, But He will reject the craving of the wicked.

King James Bible
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD will not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the wicked what they crave.

International Standard Version
The LORD won't cause the righteous to hunger, but he will reject what the wicked crave.

NET Bible
The LORD satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For Lord Jehovah will not famish the soul of the righteous, but the property of the evil he demolishes.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD will not allow a righteous person to starve, but he intentionally ignores the desires of a wicked person.

King James 2000 Bible
The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casts away the desire of the wicked.
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