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Proverbs 22:29

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← Proverbs 22:28	Proverbs 22:29 (KJV)	Proverbs 23:1 →
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.	Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].	When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Seest^H2372 thou a man^H376 diligent^H4106 in his business^H4399? he shall stand^H3320 before^H6440 kings^H4428; he shall not stand^H3320 before^H6440 mean^H2823 men.

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Original Hebrew

חָזִיתָ אִישׁ ׀ מָהִיר בִּמְלַאכְתֹּו לִפְנֵי־מְלָכִים יִתְיַצָּב בַּל־יִתְיַצֵּב לִפְנֵי חֲשֻׁכִּים׃ פ

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
חָזִ֡יתָ	cha.Zi.ta	H2372	HVqp2ms	you see
אִ֤ישׁ	'ish	H376	HNcmsa	a person
מָ֘הִ֤יר	ma.Hir	H4106	HAamsa	skilled
בִּ/מְלַאכְתּ֗/וֹ	bi/m.lakh.T/o	H4399	HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms	in/ work/ his
לִֽ/פְנֵֽי	li/f.nei-	H6440	HR/Ncbpc	(to)/ before
מְלָכִ֥ים	me.la.Khim	H4428	HNcmpa	kings
יִתְיַצָּ֑ב	yit.ya.Tzav	H3320	HVti3ms	he will take his stand
בַּל	bal-	H1077	HTn	not
יִ֝תְיַצֵּב	Yit.ya.tzev	H3320	HVti3ms	he will take his stand
לִ/פְנֵ֥י	li/f.Nei	H6440	HR/Ncbpc	(to)/ before
חֲשֻׁכִּֽים	cha.shu.Kim	H2823	HAampa	insignificant (people)

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

Strong's References

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H2372 — חָזָה (châzâh, khaw-zaw'): a primitive root; to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have avision of; behold, look, prophesy, provide, see.
• H2823 — חָשֹׁךְ (châshôk, khaw-shoke'): from חָשַׁךְ; dark (figuratively, i.e. obscure); meaning
• H3320 — יָצַב (yâtsab, yaw-tsab'): a primitive root; to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue; present selves, remaining, resort, set (selves), (be able to, can, with-) stand (fast, forth, -ing, still, up).
• H4106 — מָהִיר (mâhîyr, maw-here'): or מָהִר; from מָהַר; quick; hence, skilful; diligent, hasty, ready.
• H4399 — מְלָאכָה (mᵉlâʼkâh, mel-aw-kaw'): from the same as מֲלְאָךְ; properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor); business, [phrase] cattle, [phrase] industrious, occupation, ([phrase] -pied), [phrase] officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.

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

• H1077 — בַּל (bal, bal): from בָּלָה; properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest; lest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.

Cross References

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

• a man — 1 Kings 11:28, Proverbs 10:4, Proverbs 12:24, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Matthew 25:21, Matthew 25:23, Romans 12:11, 2 Timothy 4:2

Reciprocal references (19): Genesis 24:33, Genesis 24:54, Genesis 39:4, Genesis 41:40, Genesis 41:41, Genesis 41:46, Genesis 47:6, Deuteronomy 1:38, Joshua 10:9, 1 Samuel 16:21, 1 Samuel 17:31, 2 Samuel 2:32, Proverbs 26:12, Proverbs 27:18, Jeremiah 15:19, Jeremiah 40:10, Daniel 1:4, Daniel 1:19, Daniel 6:3

Related Topics

• Nave’s: DILIGENCE, INDUSTRY

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