Proverbs 23:29

“Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has quarrels? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?”

Proverbs 23:29 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Proverbs 23:29, word by word

woeאוֹיoy

woe, alas

Woe! A cry of lament or a warning of disaster.

Where else “oy” appears
sorrowאֲבוֹיavoy

woe, alas

A cry of pain, a lament ("alas for me!"). It appears only in Proverbs 23:29.

Where else “avoy” appears
quarrelsמִדְיָנִיםmidyanim

strife, quarrel

Strife, a dispute (another form of the word for "strife").

Where else “midyanim” appears
complainingשִׂיחַsiach

complaint

What one says in pouring out grief.

Where else “siach” appears
woundsפְּצָעִיםpetsaim

wound

Wound.

Where else “petsaim” appears
without causeחִנָּםchinam

without cause

With no reason or guilt to justify it.

Where else “chinam” appears
rednessחַכְלִלוּתchachlilut

redness (of the eyes)

Redness of the eyes, as of a drunkard.

Where else “chachlilut” appears
of eyesעֵינָיִםenayim

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

Where else “enayim” appears

The context

28She also lies in wait like a robber, and increases the treacherous among men.

29 · This verse (above)

30Those who linger over wine, those who go to search out mixed wine.

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