KJV: Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
YLT: The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not.
Darby: Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not whither.
ASV: So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, and'she knoweth it not.
אֹ֣רַח | [her] path |
Parse: Noun, common singular construct Root: אֹרַח Sense: way, path. |
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חַ֭יִּים | of life |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: חַי Sense: living, alive. |
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פֶּן־ | lest |
Parse: Conjunction Root: פֶּן Sense: lest, not, beware lest adv. |
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תְּפַלֵּ֑ס | you ponder |
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: פָּלַס Sense: (Piel) to weigh, make level, balance. |
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נָע֥וּ | are unstable |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: נוּעַ Sense: to quiver, totter, shake, reel, stagger, wander, move, sift, make move, wave, waver, tremble. |
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מַ֝עְגְּלֹתֶ֗יהָ | Her ways |
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine singular Root: מַעְגָּל Sense: entrenchment, track. |
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תֵדָֽע | You do know [them] |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: דָּעָה Sense: to know. |
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פ | - |
Parse: Punctuation |