Proverbs 1:19
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.

Young's Literal Translation
So [are] the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.

King James Bible
So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Hebrew
Such [is]
כֵּ֗ן (kên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

the fate
אָ֭רְחוֹת (’ā·rə·ḥō·wṯ)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 734: A well-trodden road, a caravan

of all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

who are greedy,
בֹּ֣צֵֽעַ (bō·ṣê·a‘)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1214: To cut off, break off, gain by violence

whose unjust gain
בָּ֑צַע (bā·ṣa‘)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1215: Gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit

takes
יִקָּֽח׃ (yiq·qāḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

the lives
נֶ֖פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

of its possessors.
בְּעָלָ֣יו (bə·‘ā·lāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1167: A master, a husband, owner

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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