Proverbs 26:13

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Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.	The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.	[As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The slothful^H6102 man saith^H559, There is a lion^H7826 in the way^H1870; a lion^H738 is in the streets^H7339.

Original Hebrew

אָמַר עָצֵל שַׁחַל בַּדָּרֶךְ אֲרִי בֵּין הָרְחֹבֹות׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אָמַ֣ר	'a.Mar	H559	HVqp3ms	he says
עָ֭צֵל	'A.tzel	H6102	HAamsa	a sluggard
שַׁ֣חַל	Sha.chal	H7826	HNcmsa	a lion
בַּ/דָּ֑רֶךְ	ba./Da.rekh	H1870	HRd/Ncbsa	(is) in the/ road
אֲ֝רִ֗י	'a.Ri	H738	HNcmsa	a lion
בֵּ֣ין	bein	H996	HR	(is) between
הָ/רְחֹבֽוֹת	ha./re.cho.Vot	H7339	HTd/Ncfpa	the/ open places

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

Strong's References

H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
H738 — אֲרִי (ʼărîy, ar-ee'): or (prolonged) [ar-yay']; from אָרָה (in the sense of violence); a lion; (young) lion, [phrase] pierce (from the margin).
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).
H6102 — עָצֵל (ʻâtsêl, aw-tsale'): from עָצַל; indolent; slothful, sluggard.
H7339 — רְחֹב (rᵉchôb, rekh-obe'): or רְחוֹב; from רָחַב; a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area; broad place (way), street. See also בֵּית רְחוֹב.
H7826 — שַׁחַל (shachal, shakh'-al): from an unused root probably meaning to roar; a lion (from his characteristic roar); (fierce) lion.

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

H996 — בֵּין (bêyn, bane): (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from בִּין; a distinction; but used only as a preposition,; between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or; among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.

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