Proverbs 17:15

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The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.	He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.	Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

He that justifieth^H6663 the wicked^H7563, and he that condemneth^H7561 the just^H6662, even they both^H8147 are abomination^H8441 to the LORD^H3068.

Original Hebrew

מַצְדִּיק רָשָׁע וּמַרְשִׁיעַ צַדִּיק תֹּועֲבַת יְהוָה גַּם־שְׁנֵיהֶם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מַצְדִּ֣יק	matz.Dik	H6663	HVhrmsa	(one who) justifies
רָ֭שָׁע	Ra.sho'	H7563	HAamsa	(the) wicked
וּ/מַרְשִׁ֣יעַ	u./mar.Shi.a'	H7561	HC/Vhrmsa	and/ (one who) condemns as guilty
צַדִּ֑יק	tza.Dik	H6662	HAamsa	(the) righteous
תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת	to.'a.Vat	H8441	HNcfsc	(are) (the) abomination of
יְ֝הוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
גַּם	gam-	H1571	HTa	also
שְׁנֵי/הֶֽם	she.nei./Hem	H8147	HAcmdc/Sp3mp	both of/ them

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
H6662 — צַדִּיק (tsaddîyq, tsad-deek'): from צָדַק; just; just, lawful, righteous (man).
H6663 — צָדַק (tsâdaq, tsaw-dak'): a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense); cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to) righteous(-ness).
H7561 — רָשַׁע (râshaʻ, raw-shah'): a primitive root; to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate; condemn, make trouble, vex, be (commit, deal, depart, do) wicked(-ly, -ness).
H7563 — רָשָׁע (râshâʻ, raw-shaw'): from רָשַׁע; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
H8441 — תּוֹעֵבַה (tôwʻêbah, to-ay-baw'): or תֹּעֵבַה; feminine active participle of תַּעָב; properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol; abominable (custom, thing), abomination.

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

H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.

Cross References

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

abomination — Proverbs 6:16, Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 15:8
that justifieth — Exodus 23:7, 1 Kings 21:13, Proverbs 24:23-24, Isaiah 5:23, Isaiah 55:8-9, Ezekiel 22:27-29, Amos 5:7, Amos 5:12, Amos 6:12, Luke 23:18-25, Romans 4:5, James 5:6

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