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Proverbs 23:34

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Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.	Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.	They have stricken me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down^H7901 in the midst^H3820 of the sea^H3220, or as he that lieth^H7901 upon the top^H7218 of a mast^H2260.

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Original Hebrew

וְהָיִיתָ כְּשֹׁכֵב בְּלֶב־יָם וּכְשֹׁכֵב בְּרֹאשׁ חִבֵּל׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ֭/הָיִיתָ	Ve./ha.yi.ta	H1961	HC/Vqq2ms	and/ you will be
כְּ/שֹׁכֵ֣ב	ke./sho.Khev	H7901	HR/Vqrmsa	like/ (one who) lies down
בְּ/לֶב	be./lev-	H3820	HR/Ncmsc	in/ (the) heart of
יָ֑ם	Yam	H3220	HNcmsa	(the) sea
וּ֝/כְ/שֹׁכֵ֗ב	u./khe./sho.Khev	H7901	HC/R/Vqrmsa	and/ like/ (one who) lies down
בְּ/רֹ֣אשׁ	be./Rosh	H7218	HR/Ncmsc	at/ (the) top of
חִבֵּֽל	chi.Bel	H2260	HNcmsa	a mast

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

Strong's References

• H2260 — חִבֵּל (chibbêl, khib-bale'): from חָבַל (in the sense of furnished with ropes); a mast; mast.
• H3220 — יָם (yâm, yawm): from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south; sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
• H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
• H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
• H7901 — שָׁכַב (shâkab, shaw-kab'): a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose); [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.

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

• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Cross References

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

• midst — Exodus 15:8
• thou — 1 Samuel 25:33-38, 1 Samuel 30:16-17, 2 Samuel 13:28, 1 Kings 16:9, 1 Kings 20:16-22, Joel 1:5, Matthew 24:38, Luke 17:27-29, Luke 21:34, 1 Thessalonians 5:2-7

Reciprocal references (3): Judges 16:19, Proverbs 6:10, Matthew 26:43

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: SECURITY-INSECURITY, TEMPERANCE-INTEMPERANCE
• Nave’s: DRUNKENNESS, YOUNG MEN

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