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Proverbs 22:18


Proverbs 22:17 Proverbs 22:18 (KJV) Proverbs 22:19
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For it is a pleasant thingH5273 if thou keepH8104 them withinH990 thee; they shall withalH3162 be fittedH3559 in thy lipsH8193.


Original Hebrew

כִּי־נָעִים כִּי־תִשְׁמְרֵם בְּבִטְנֶךָ יִכֹּנוּ יַחְדָּו עַל־שְׂפָתֶיךָ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
כִּֽי
ki- H3588 HC for
נָ֭עִים
Na.'im H5273 HAamsa (will be) pleasant
כִּֽי
ki- H3588 HC that
תִשְׁמְרֵ֣/ם
tish.me.Re/m H8104 HVqi2ms/Sp3mp you will keep/ them
בְּ/בִטְנֶ֑/ךָ
be./vit.Ne./kha H990 HR/Ncfsc/Sp2ms in/ belly/ your
יִכֹּ֥נוּ
yi.Ko.nu H3559 HVNi3mp they will be prepared
יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו
yach.Dav H3162 HD together
עַל
'al- H5921 HR on
שְׂפָתֶֽי/ךָ
se.fa.Tei./kha H8193 HNcfdc/Sp2ms lips/ your
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H990 — בֶּטֶן (beṭen, beh'-ten): from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything; belly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.
  • H3162 — יַחַד (yachad, yakh'-ad): from יָחַד; properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly; alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.
  • H3559 — כּוּן (kûwn, koon): a primitive root; properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous); certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, [idiom] very deed.
  • H5273 — נָעִים (nâʻîym, naw-eem'): from נָעֵם; delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative); pleasant(-ure), sweet.
  • 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).
  • 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:

  • 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.
  • 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.

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