Proverbs 5:12
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
And you say,וְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗
(ve·'a·mar·ta)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
"Howאֵ֭יךְ
(eich)
349: how?from ay
I have hatedשָׂנֵ֣אתִי
(sa·ne·ti)
8130: to hatea prim. root
instruction!מוּסָ֑ר
(mu·sar;)
4148: discipline, chastening, correctionfrom yasar
And my heartלִבִּֽי׃
(lib·bi.)
3820: inner man, mind, will, heartfrom the same as lebab
spurnedנָאַ֥ץ
(na·'atz)
5006: to spurn, treat with contempta prim. root
reproof!וְ֝תֹוכַ֗חַת
(ve·to·v·cha·chat)
8433b: argument, reprooffrom yakach


















KJV Lexicon
And say
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
How have I hated
sane'  (saw-nay')
to hate (personally) -- enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, utterly.
instruction
muwcar  (moo-sawr')
chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint -- bond, chastening (-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
and my heart
leb  (labe)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect
despised
na'ats  (naw-ats')
to scorn; or (Ecclesiastes 12:5), to bloom -- abhor, (give occasion to) blaspheme, contemn, despise, flourish, great, provoke.
reproof
towkechah  (to-kay-khaw')
chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence) -- argument, chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, be (often) reproved.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And you say, "How I have hated instruction! And my heart spurned reproof!

King James Bible
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and you will say, "How I hated discipline, and how my heart despised correction.

International Standard Version
and you will say, "How I hated instruction, and my heart rejected correction!

NET Bible
And you will say, "How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And you will say, “Why have I hated instruction and my heart has despised reproof”

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Oh, how I hated discipline! How my heart despised correction!

King James 2000 Bible
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
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