Proverbs 23:17
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Let not your heart envy sinners: but be you in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Let not your heart envy sinners: but be you in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Let not thy heart envy sinners; But be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;
Webster's Revision
Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
World English Bible
Don't let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Yahweh all the day long.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long:
Definitions for Proverbs 23:17
Barnes's Proverbs 23:17 Bible Commentary
Envy sinners - Compare in Psalm 37:1; Psalm 73:3; the feeling which looks half-longingly at the prosperity of evil doers. Some connect the verb "envy" with the second clause, "envy not sinners, but envy, emulate, the fear of the Lord."