Proverbs 1:31

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְֽ֭יֹאכְלוּ מִפְּרִ֣י דַרְכָּ֑ם וּֽמִמֹּעֲצֹ֖תֵיהֶ֣ם יִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃

Transliteration

wəyoklu mippəri darkam umimmo'atsoteihem yisba'u

Grammar Details

*wəyoklu*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they will eat
*mippəri*: preposition + masculine singular construct - from fruit of
*darkam*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their way
*umimmo'atsoteihem*: conjunction + preposition + feminine plural noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and from their counsels
*yisba'u*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will be filled

Word Meanings

*yoklu*: they will eat/they will consume/they will devour
*pəri*: fruit/result/outcome
*darkam*: their way/their path/their course
*mo'atsoteihem*: their counsels/their plans/their devices
*yisba'u*: they will be filled/they will be satisfied/they will have enough

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 4:8 : 8 According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.
Prov 14:14 : 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.
Jer 6:19 : 19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
Prov 22:8 : 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Say ye of the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
Jer 2:19 : 19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.

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