KJV: Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
YLT: A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.
Darby: Let not the man of evil tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to his ruin.
ASV: An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
| אִ֥ישׁ | A man |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: אִישׁ Sense: man. |
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| לָשׁוֹן֮ | a slanderer |
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Parse: Noun, common singular Root: לָשֹׁון Sense: tongue. |
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| יִכּ֪וֹן | let be established |
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Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: כּוּן Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established. |
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| בָּ֫אָ֥רֶץ | in the earth |
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Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth. |
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| אִישׁ־ | the man |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: אִישׁ Sense: man. |
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| חָמָ֥ס | violent |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: חָמָס Sense: violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice. |
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| רָ֑ע | evil |
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Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: רַע Sense: bad, evil. |
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| יְ֝צוּדֶ֗נּוּ | let hunt |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular Root: צוּד Sense: to hunt. |
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| לְמַדְחֵפֹֽת | to overthrow [him] |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural Root: מַדְחֵפָה Sense: push, thrust. |
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