Proverbs 12:7

American Standard Version (1901)

The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָפ֣וֹךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים וְאֵינָ֑ם וּבֵ֖ית צַדִּיקִ֣ים יַעֲמֹֽד׃

Transliteration

hāp̄ôḵ rəšāʿîm wəʾênām ûḇêṯ ṣaddîqîm yaʿămōḏ

Grammar Details

• *hāp̄ôḵ*: verb, infinitive absolute - overturn/overthrow
• *rəšāʿîm*: adjective, masculine plural - wicked ones
• *wəʾênām*: conjunction + particle of negation + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and they are not
• *ûḇêṯ*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and house of
• *ṣaddîqîm*: adjective, masculine plural - righteous ones
• *yaʿămōḏ*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will stand

Word Meanings

• *hāp̄ôḵ*: overturn/overthrow/overthrowing/when overthrown
• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil ones
• *wəʾênām*: and they are not/they are no more
• *bêṯ*: house/household/family
• *ṣaddîqîm*: righteous ones/just ones
• *yaʿămōḏ*: will stand/will endure/will remain

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:25 : 25 When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more; But the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
• Prov 11:21 : 21 [Though] hand [join] in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
• Matt 7:24-27 : 24 Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock: 25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock. 26 And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: 27 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.
• Prov 14:1 : 1 Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
• Prov 14:11 : 11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.
• Prov 15:25 : 25 Jehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow.
• Prov 24:3-4 : 3 Through wisdom is a house builded; And by understanding it is established; 4 And by knowledge are the chambers filled With all precious and pleasant riches.
• 2 Sam 7:16 : 16 And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
• 2 Sam 7:26 : 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is God over Israel; and the house of thy servant David shall be established before thee.
• Esth 9:6-9 : 6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. 7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, 8 and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, 9 and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaizatha, 10 the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jew's enemy, slew they; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.
• Esth 9:14 : 14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
• Job 5:3-4 : 3 I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4 His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:
• Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.
• Job 18:15-20 : 15 There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off. 17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street. 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world. 19 He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned. 20 They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.
• Job 27:18-23 : 18 He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh. 19 He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers] ; He openeth his eyes, and he is not. 20 Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night. 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place. 22 For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand. 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
• Job 34:25 : 25 Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
• Ps 37:10 : 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.
• Ps 37:35-37 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. 36 But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; For there is a [happy] end to the man of peace.
• Ps 73:18-19 : 18 Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction. 19 How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.