Proverbs 21:18

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He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.	The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.	[It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The wicked^H7563 shall be a ransom^H3724 for the righteous^H6662, and the transgressor^H898 for the upright^H3477.

Original Hebrew

כֹּפֶר לַצַּדִּיק רָשָׁע וְתַחַת יְשָׁרִים בֹּוגֵד׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כֹּ֣פֶר	Ko.fer	H3724	HNcmsa	(is) a ransom
לַ/צַּדִּ֣יק	la./tza.Dik	H6662	HRd/Aamsa	for the/ righteous (person)
רָשָׁ֑ע	ra.Sha'	H7563	HAamsa	a wicked (person)
וְ/תַ֖חַת	ve./Ta.chat	H8478	HC/R	and/ in place of
יְשָׁרִ֣ים	ye.sha.Rim	H3477	HAampa	upright (people)
בּוֹגֵֽד	bo.Ged	H898	HVqrmsa	(one who) acts treacherously

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

Strong's References

H898 — בָּגַד (bâgad, baw-gad'): a primitive root; to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage; deal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), [idiom] very.
H3477 — יָשָׁר (yâshâr, yaw-shawr'): from יָשַׁר; straight (literally or figuratively); convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), [phrase] pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
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.
H6662 — צַדִּיק (tsaddîyq, tsad-deek'): from צָדַק; just; just, lawful, righteous (man).
H7563 — רָשָׁע (râshâʻ, raw-shaw'): from רָשַׁע; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.

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

H8478 — תַּחַת (tachath, takh'-ath): from the same as תּוֹחַ; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.; as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.

Cross References

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

wicked — Proverbs 11:8, Isaiah 43:3-4, Isaiah 53:4-5, Isaiah 55:8-9, 1 Peter 3:18

Reciprocal references (2): Isaiah 51:23, Daniel 3:22

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