Proverbs 16:10

American Standard Version (1901)

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קֶ֤סֶם ׀ עַֽל־שִׂפְתֵי־מֶ֑לֶךְ בְּ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט לֹ֣א יִמְעַל־פִּֽיו׃

Transliteration

qesem on-śiptê-melek in-mišpāṭ not yimʿal-pîw

Grammar Details

• *qesem*: noun, masculine, singular - divination/oracle/decision
• *ʿal*: preposition - on/upon
• *śiptê*: noun, feminine, dual construct - lips of
• *melek*: noun, masculine, singular - king
• *bᵉ*: preposition - in/with
• *mišpāṭ*: noun, masculine, singular - justice/judgment
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yimʿal*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - acts unfaithfully/betrays/deals treacherously
• *pîw*: noun, masculine, singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mouth

Word Meanings

• *qesem*: divination/oracle/decision/pronouncement
• *yimʿal*: acts unfaithfully/betrays/deals treacherously

Referenced Verses

• Isa 32:1-2 : 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice. 2 And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
• Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness.
• Hos 10:4 : 4 They speak [vain] words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. [
• Amos 5:7 : 7 Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
• Amos 6:12 : 12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow [there] with oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;
• Gen 44:5 : 5 Is not this that in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
• Gen 44:15 : 15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I can indeed divine?
• Deut 17:18-20 : 18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of [that which is] before the priests the Levites: 19 and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them; 20 that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.
• 2 Sam 23:3-4 : 3 The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God, 4 [ He shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds, [When] the tender grass [springeth] out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.
• 1 Kgs 3:28 : 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.
• Ps 45:6-7 : 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 7 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
• Ps 72:1-4 : 1 [[ A Psalm] of Solomon]. Give the king thy judgments, O God, And thy righteousness unto the king's son. 2 He will judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with justice. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness. 4 He will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.
• Ps 99:4 : 4 The king's strength also loveth justice; Thou dost establish equity; Thou executest justice and righteousness in Jacob.
• Prov 16:12-13 : 12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness. 13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; And they love him that speaketh right.