Proverbs 19:10

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A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.	Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.	The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it is] his glory to pass over a transgression.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Delight^H8588 is not seemly^H5000 for a fool^H3684; much less for a servant^H5650 to have rule^H4910 over princes^H8269.

Original Hebrew

לֹא־נָאוֶה לִכְסִיל תַּעֲנוּג אַף כִּי־לְעֶבֶד ׀ מְשֹׁל בְּשָׂרִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
לֹֽא	lo'-	H3808	HTn	not
נָאוֶ֣ה	na.Veh	H5000	HAamsa	(is) suitable
לִ/כְסִ֣יל	li/kh.Sil	H3684	HR/Aamsa	for/ a fool
תַּעֲנ֑וּג	ta.'a.Nug	H8588	HNcmsa	luxury
אַ֝֗ף	'Af	H637	HTa	indeed?
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
לְ/עֶ֤בֶד	le./'E.ved	H5650	HR/Ncmsa	for/ a slave
מְשֹׁ֬ל	me.Shol	H4910	HVqc	to rule
בְּ/שָׂרִֽים	be./sa.Rim	H8269	HR/Ncmpa	over/ princes

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

Strong's References

H3684 — כְּסִיל (kᵉçîyl, kes-eel'): from כָּסַל; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly; fool(-ish).
H4910 — מָשַׁל (mâshal, maw-shal'): a primitive root; to rule; (have, make to have) dominion, governor, [idiom] indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
H5000 — נָאוֶה (nâʼveh, naw-veh'): from נָאָה or נָוֶה; suitable, or beautiful; becometh, comely, seemly.
H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
H8269 — שַׂר (sar, sar): from שָׂרַר; a head person (of any rank or class); captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
H8588 — תַּעֲנוּג (taʻănûwg, tah-an-oog'): or תַּעֲנֻג; and (feminine) תַּעֲנֻגָה; from עָנַג; luxury; delicate, delight, pleasant.

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

H637 — אַף (ʼaph, af): a primitive particle; meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though; also, [phrase] although, and (furthermore, yet), but, even, [phrase] how much less (more, rather than), moreover, with, yea.
H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
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.

Cross References

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

Delight — 1 Samuel 25:36, Esther 3:15, Proverbs 30:21-22, Isaiah 5:11-12, Isaiah 22:12-14, Hosea 7:3-5, Hosea 9:1, Amos 6:3-6, Luke 16:19, Luke 16:23, James 4:9
much — 2 Samuel 3:24-25, 2 Samuel 3:39, Ecclesiastes 10:5-7, Isaiah 3:5

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