Pro 8:31 | NETfull | STEP | rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and delighting in its people.

Proverbs 8:31

31 rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, ^{▼▼ The two words are synonymous in general and so could be taken to express a superlative idea – the “whole world” (cf. NIV, NCV). But תֵּבֵל (tevel) also means the inhabited world, and so the construct may be interpreted as a partitive genitive.}
and delighting ^{▼▼ Heb “and my delights” [were] with/in.”} in its people. ^{▼▼ Heb “the sons of man.”}