Proverbs 13:17

American Standard Version (1901)

A wicked messenger falleth into evil; But a faithful ambassador is health.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַלְאָ֣ךְ רָ֭שָׁע יִפֹּ֣ל בְּרָ֑ע וְצִ֖יר אֱמוּנִ֣ים מַרְפֵּֽא׃

Transliteration

malʾāk rāšāʿ yippōl bərāʿ wə-ṣîr ʾĕmûnîm marpēʾ

Grammar Details

• *malʾāk*: noun, masculine singular construct - messenger of
• *rāšāʿ*: adjective, masculine singular - wicked
• *yippōl*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - falls
• *bərāʿ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - into evil/harm
• *wə-*: conjunction - and/but
• *ṣîr*: noun, masculine singular construct - envoy/messenger of
• *ʾĕmûnîm*: adjective, masculine plural - faithful/trustworthy
• *marpēʾ*: noun, masculine singular - healing/health

Word Meanings

• *malʾāk*: messenger/envoy/ambassador
• *rāšāʿ*: wicked/evil/criminal
• *yippōl*: falls/falls into/is cast
• *rāʿ*: evil/harm/misfortune
• *ṣîr*: envoy/messenger/ambassador
• *ʾĕmûnîm*: faithful/trustworthy/reliable
• *marpēʾ*: healing/health/remedy

Referenced Verses

• Prov 25:13 : 13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [So is] a faithful messenger to them that send him; For he refresheth the soul of his masters.
• Prov 25:23 : 23 The north wind bringeth forth rain: So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
• Prov 26:6 : 6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh in damage.
• Jer 23:13-16 : 13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. 14 In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. 15 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land. 16 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Jehovah.
• Jer 23:28 : 28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? saith Jehovah.
• Ezek 3:18 : 18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.
• Ezek 33:7-8 : 7 So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. 8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die, and thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy hand.
• 1 Cor 4:2 : 2 Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
• 2 Cor 2:17 : 17 For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.
• 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech [you] on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.
• 1 Tim 1:12 : 12 I thank him that enabled me, [even] Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to [his] service;
• 2 Tim 2:2 : 2 And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
• Prov 10:26 : 26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.