Proverbs 30:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.

Young's Literal Translation
Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, ‘Who [is] Jehovah?’ And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.

King James Bible
Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God [in vain].

Hebrew
Otherwise,
פֶּ֥ן (pen)
Conjunction
Strong's 6435: Removal, lest

I may have too much
אֶשְׂבַּ֨ע ׀ (’eś·ba‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited

and deny You,
וְכִחַשְׁתִּי֮ (wə·ḵi·ḥaš·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3584: To disappoint, deceive, fail, grow lean

saying,
וְאָמַ֗רְתִּי (wə·’ā·mar·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Who
מִ֥י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

is the LORD?”
וּפֶֽן־ (ū·p̄en-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 6435: Removal, lest

Or I may become poor
אִוָּרֵ֥שׁ (’iw·wā·rêš)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

and steal,
וְגָנַ֑בְתִּי (wə·ḡā·naḇ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1589: To thieve, to deceive

profaning
וְ֝תָפַ֗שְׂתִּי (wə·ṯā·p̄aś·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 8610: To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably

the name
שֵׁ֣ם (šêm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8034: A name

of my God.
אֱלֹהָֽי׃ (’ĕ·lō·hāy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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