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Proverbs 2:8


Proverbs 2:7 Proverbs 2:8 (KJV) Proverbs 2:9
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

He keepethH5341 the pathsH734 of judgmentH4941, and preservethH8104 the wayH1870 of his saintsH2623.


Original Hebrew

לִנְצֹר אָרְחֹות מִשְׁפָּט וְדֶרֶךְ [חֲסִידֹו כ] (חֲסִידָיו ק) יִשְׁמֹר׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
לִ֭/נְצֹר
Li/n.tzor H5341 HR/Vqc to/ guard
אָרְח֣וֹת
'a.re.Chot H734 HNcbpc (the) paths of
מִשְׁפָּ֑ט
mish.Pat H4941 HNcmsa justice
וְ/דֶ֖רֶךְ
ve./De.rekh H1870 HC/Ncbsc and/ (the) way of
חסיד/ו
châçîyd H2623 HAamsc/Sp3ms
יִשְׁמֹֽר
yish.Mor H8104 HVqi3ms he will preserve
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H734 — אֹרַח (ʼôrach, o'-rakh): from אָרַח; a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan; manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-) way.
  • H1870 — דֶּרֶךְ (derek, deh'-rek): from דָּרַךְ; a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb; along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).
  • H2623 — חָסִיד (châçîyd, khaw-seed'): from חָסַד; properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint); godly (man), good, holy (one), merciful, saint, (un-) godly.
  • H4941 — מִשְׁפָּט (mishpâṭ, mish-pawt'): from שָׁפַט; properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style; [phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, [idiom] worthy, [phrase] wrong.
  • H5341 — נָצַר (nâtsar, naw-tsar'): a primitive root; to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.); besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
  • H8104 — שָׁמַר (shâmar, shaw-mar'): a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.; beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).

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