Proverbs 5:12
Strong's Lexicon
and you will say,
וְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗ (wə·’ā·mar·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

“How
אֵ֭יךְ (’êḵ)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 349: interrog adv 1) how? interj 2) how! (in lamentation) 3) expression of satisfaction

I hated
שָׂנֵ֣אתִי (śā·nê·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8130: 1) to hate, be hateful 1a) (Qal) to hate 1a1) of man 1a2) of God 1a3) hater, one hating, enemy (participle) (subst) 1b) (Niphal) to be hated 1c) (Piel) hater (participle) 1c1) of persons, nations, God, wisdom

discipline,
מוּסָ֑ר (mū·sār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4148: 1) discipline, chastening, correction 1a) discipline, correction 1b) chastening

and my heart
לִבִּֽי׃ (lib·bî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding 1a) inner part, midst 1a1) midst (of things) 1a2) heart (of man) 1a3) soul, heart (of man) 1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory 1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will) 1a6) conscience 1a7) heart (of moral character) 1a8) as seat of appetites 1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage

despised
נָאַ֥ץ (nā·’aṣ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5006: 1) to spurn, contemn, despise, abhor 1a) (Qal) to spurn, contemn 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to spurn 1b2) to cause to contemn 1c) (Hiphil) to spurn 1d) (Hithpolel) to be contemned

reproof !
וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַת (wə·ṯō·w·ḵa·ḥaṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8433: 1) rebuke, correction, reproof, punishment, chastisement 2) argument, reproof 2a) argument, impeachment 2b) reproof, chiding 2c) correction, rebuke

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

Young's Literal Translation
And hast said, ‘How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

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

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;
Parallel Verses
New International Version
You will say, "How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!

New Living Translation
You will say, "How I hated discipline! If only I had not ignored all the warnings!

English Standard Version
and you say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

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!

American Standard Version
And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

English Revised Version
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

Young's Literal Translation
And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,
















Cross References
Psalm 50:17
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:22
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 1:25
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

Proverbs 5:11
And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

Proverbs 8:36
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

Proverbs 12:1
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 5:10
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

Proverbs 5:9
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

Proverbs 5:13
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
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