Proverbs 2:17
Strong's Lexicon
who abandons
הַ֭עֹזֶבֶת (ha·‘ō·ze·ḇeṯ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5800: 1) to leave, loose, forsake 1a) (Qal) to leave 1a1) to depart from, leave behind, leave, let alone 1a2) to leave, abandon, forsake, neglect, apostatise 1a3) to let loose, set free, let go, free 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be left to 1b2) to be forsaken 1c) (Pual) to be deserted 2) to restore, repair 2a) (Qal) to repair

the partner
אַלּ֣וּף (’al·lūp̄)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 441: 1) tame, docile 2) friend, intimate 3) chief

of her youth
נְעוּרֶ֑יהָ (nə·‘ū·re·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5271: 1) youth, early life

וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

and forgets
שָׁכֵֽחָה׃ (šā·ḵê·ḥāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7911: 1) to forget, ignore, wither 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to forget 1a2) to cease to care 1b) (Niphal) to be forgotten 1c) (Piel) to cause to forget 1d) (Hiphil) to make or cause to forget 1e) (Hithpael) to be forgotten

the covenant
בְּרִ֖ית (bə·rîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1285: 1) covenant, alliance, pledge 1a) between men 1a1) treaty, alliance, league (man to man) 1a2) constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects) 1a3) agreement, pledge (man to man) 1a4) alliance (of friendship) 1a5) alliance (of marriage) 1b) between God and man 1b1) alliance (of friendship) 1b2) covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges) 2) (phrases) 2a) covenant making 2b) covenant keeping 2c) covenant violation

of her God.
אֱלֹהֶ֣יהָ (’ĕ·lō·he·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 430: 1) (plural) 1a) rulers, judges 1b) divine ones 1c) angels 1d) gods 2) (plural intensive-singular meaning) 2a) god, goddess 2b) godlike one 2c) works or special possessions of God 2d) the (true) God 2e) God

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

Young's Literal Translation
Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
who abandons the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;

New American Standard Bible
That leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God;

King James Bible
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.

New Living Translation
She has abandoned her husband and ignores the covenant she made before God.

English Standard Version
who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;

New American Standard Bible
That leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God;

King James Bible
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
who abandons the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;

International Standard Version
someone who abandoned the companion of her youth and forgot the covenant of her God.

NET Bible
who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God.

American Standard Version
That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

English Revised Version
Which forsaketh the friend of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God:

Young's Literal Translation
Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.
















Cross References
Genesis 2:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Jeremiah 3:4
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

Malachi 2:14
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

Malachi 2:15
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 2:16
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

Proverbs 2:15
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

Proverbs 2:14
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

Proverbs 2:18
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

Proverbs 2:19
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

Proverbs 2:20
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
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