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Proverbs 13:8


Proverbs 13:7 Proverbs 13:8 (KJV) Proverbs 13:9
There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.
The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The ransomH3724 of a man'sH376 lifeH5315 are his richesH6239: but the poorH7326 hearethH8085 not rebukeH1606.


Original Hebrew

כֹּפֶר נֶפֶשׁ־אִישׁ עָשְׁרֹו וְרָשׁ לֹא־שָׁמַע גְּעָרָה׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
כֹּ֣פֶר
Ko.fer H3724 HNcmsc (the) ransom of
נֶֽפֶשׁ
ne.fesh- H5315 HNcbsc (the) life of
אִ֣ישׁ
'ish H376 HNcmsa a person
עָשְׁר֑/וֹ
a.she.R/o H6239 HNcmsc/Sp3ms (is) wealth/ his
וְ֝/רָ֗שׁ
ve./Rash H7326 HC/Vqrmsa and/ a poor (person)
לֹא
lo'- H3808 HTn not
שָׁמַ֥ע
sha.Ma' H8085 HVqp3ms he hears
גְּעָרָֽה
ge.'a.Rah H1606 HNcfsa a threat
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
  • H1606 — גְּעָרָה (gᵉʻârâh, gheh-aw-raw'): from גָּעַר; a chiding; rebuke(-ing), reproof.
  • H3724 — כֹּפֶר (kôpher, ko'-fer): from כָּפַר; properly, a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively, a redemption-price; bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village.
  • H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
  • H6239 — עֹשֶׁר (ʻôsher, o'-sher): from עָשַׁר; wealth; [idiom] far (richer), riches.
  • H7326 — רוּשׁ (rûwsh, roosh): a primitive root; to be destitute; lack, needy, (make self) poor (man).
  • H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
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Reciprocal references (3): 1 Kings 20:39, Proverbs 3:35, Luke 12:23

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