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Proverbs 29:8


Proverbs 29:7 Proverbs 29:8 (KJV) Proverbs 29:9
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: [but] the wicked regardeth not to know [it].
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men] turn away wrath.
[If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

ScornfulH3944 menH582 bringH6315 a cityH7151 into a snareH6315: but wiseH2450 men turn awayH7725 wrathH639.


Original Hebrew

אַנְשֵׁי לָצֹון יָפִיחוּ קִרְיָה וַחֲכָמִים יָשִׁיבוּ אָף׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
אַנְשֵׁ֣י
'an.Shei H376 HNcmpc people of
לָ֭צוֹן
La.tzon H3944 HNcmsa mockery
יָפִ֣יחוּ
ya.Fi.chu H6315 HVhi3mp they inflame
קִרְיָ֑ה
kir.Yah H7151 HNcfsa a town
וַ֝/חֲכָמִ֗ים
va./cha.kha.Mim H2450 HC/Aampa and/ wise (people)
יָשִׁ֥יבוּ
ya.Shi.vu H7725 HVhi3mp they turn away
אָֽף
'Af H639 HNcmsa anger
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H582 — אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh, en-oshe'): from אָנַשׁ; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אָדָם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare אִישׁ.
  • H639 — אַף (ʼaph, af): from אָנַף; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire; anger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.
  • H2450 — חָכָם (châkâm, khaw-kawm'): from חָכַם; wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful); cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).
  • H3944 — לָצוֹן (lâtsôwn, law-tsone'): from לוּץ; derision; scornful(-ning).
  • H6315 — פּוּחַ (pûwach, poo'akh): a primitive root; to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff; blow (upon), break, puff, bring into a snare, speak, utter.
  • H7151 — קִרְיָה (qiryâh, kir-yaw'): from קָרָה in the sense of flooring, i.e.; building; a city; city.
  • H7725 — שׁוּב (shûwb, shoob): a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.

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

  • 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.
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Reciprocal references (2): Proverbs 6:26, Proverbs 24:9

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