Proverbs 11:6

American Standard Version (1901)

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

צִדְקַ֣ת יְ֭שָׁרִים תַּצִּילֵ֑ם וּ֝בְהַוַּ֗ת בֹּגְדִ֥ים יִלָּכֵֽדוּ׃

Transliteration

Ṣidqat yəšārîm taṣṣîlēm ûbəhawwat bōgədîm yillākēdû.

Grammar Details

• *Ṣidqat*: construct feminine singular noun - righteousness of
• *yəšārîm*: masculine plural adjective - upright ones
• *taṣṣîlēm*: verb Hiphil imperfect 3rd feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - delivers them
• *ûbəhawwat*: conjunction + preposition + feminine singular construct noun - and in desire/craving of
• *bōgədîm*: masculine plural participle - treacherous ones
• *yillākēdû*: verb Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they are caught/trapped

Word Meanings

• *Ṣidqat*: righteousness/justice
• *yəšārîm*: upright/straight/just ones
• *taṣṣîlēm*: delivers/rescues/saves them
• *hawwat*: desire/craving/destruction/calamity
• *bōgədîm*: treacherous ones/betrayers/unfaithful ones
• *yillākēdû*: they are caught/trapped/ensnared

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 10:8 : 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.
• 1 Kgs 2:44 : 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore Jehovah shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.
• Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
• Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
• 1 Sam 12:3-4 : 3 Here I am: witness against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. 4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.
• 1 Kgs 2:32-33 : 32 And Jehovah will return his blood upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, and my father David knew it not, [to wit], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. 33 So shall their blood return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but unto David, and unto his seed, and unto his house, and unto his throne, shall there be peace for ever from Jehovah.
• Gen 30:33 : 33 So shall my righteousness answer for me hereafter, when thou shalt come concerning my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that, [if found] with me, shall be counted stolen.
• Gen 31:37 : 37 Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.