Bible/Proverbs/16/27

From 4Disciples
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Bible > Proverbs > Chapter 16 > Verse 27

Proverbs 16:27


Proverbs 16:26 Proverbs 16:27 (KJV) Proverbs 16:28
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire.
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

An ungodlyH1100 manH376 diggeth upH3738 evilH7451: and in his lipsH8193 there is as a burningH6867 fireH784.


Original Hebrew

אִישׁ בְּלִיַּעַל כֹּרֶה רָעָה וְעַל־ [שְׂפָתָיו כ] (פָתֹו ק) כְּאֵשׁ צָרָבֶת׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
אִ֣ישׁ
'ish H376 HNcmsc a person of
בְּ֭לִיַּעַל
Be.li.ya.'al H1100 HNcmsa worthlessness
כֹּרֶ֣ה
ko.Reh H3738 HVqrmsa (is) digging up
רָעָ֑ה
ra.'Ah H7451 HNcfsa evil
וְ/עַל
ve./'al- H5921 HC/R and/ (is) on
שפתי/ו
sâphâh H8193 HNcfdc/Sp3ms
כְּ/אֵ֣שׁ
ke./'Esh H784 HR/Ncbsa like/ a fire
צָרָֽבֶת
tza.Ra.vet H6867 HAafsa scorching
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.
  • H784 — אֵשׁ (ʼêsh, aysh): a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively); burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
  • H1100 — בְּלִיַּעַל (bᵉlîyaʻal, bel-e-yah'-al): from בְּלִי and יַעַל;(often in connection with אִישׁ, אִשָּׁה, בֵּן, etc.); without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness; Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.
  • H3738 — כָּרָה (kârâh, kaw-raw'): a primitive root; properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open; dig, [idiom] make (a banquet), open.
  • H6867 — צָרֶבֶת (tsârebeth, tsaw-reh'-beth): from צוּעָר; conflagration (of fire or disease); burning, inflammation.
  • H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
  • H8193 — שָׂפָה (sâphâh, saw-faw'): or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת; probably from סָפָה or שָׁפָה through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.); band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.

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

  • H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

Reciprocal references (5): Psalms 119:85, Psalms 120:4, Proverbs 10:12, Proverbs 16:30, Proverbs 18:6

Related Topics

Discussion / Insights[edit | edit source]

No content yet

Notes and References[edit | edit source]

No content yet

BibleProverbsProverbs 16 › Verse 27