Proverbs 10:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מָע֣וֹז לַ֭תֹּם דֶּ֣רֶךְ יְהוָ֑ה וּ֝מְחִתָּ֗ה לְפֹ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃

Transliteration

māʿôz lattōm derek YHWH û-məḥittāh ləpōʿălêy ʾāwen

Grammar Details

• *māʿôz*: masculine singular noun - stronghold/refuge
• *lattōm*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - to the blameless
• *derek*: masculine singular construct - way of
• *YHWH*: proper name - LORD
• *û-məḥittāh*: conjunction + feminine singular noun - but ruin/destruction
• *ləpōʿălêy*: preposition + Qal participle masculine plural construct - to workers of
• *ʾāwen*: masculine singular noun - iniquity

Word Meanings

• *māʿôz*: stronghold/refuge/fortress
• *tōm*: blameless/integrity/completeness
• *derek*: way/path/journey
• *məḥittāh*: ruin/destruction/terror
• *pōʿălêy*: workers/doers/makers
• *ʾāwen*: iniquity/wickedness/trouble

Referenced Verses

• Prov 21:15 : 15 It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
• Ps 37:20 : 20 But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall consume; in smoke shall they consume away.
• Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
• Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.
• Job 31:3 : 3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?
• Ps 1:6 : 6 For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.
• Ps 36:12 : 12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.
• Isa 40:31 : 31 but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
• Zech 10:12 : 12 And I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith Jehovah.
• Matt 7:22-23 : 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
• Luke 13:26-27 : 26 then shall ye begin to say, We did eat and drink in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets; 27 and he shall say, I tell you, I know {G5209} not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
• Rom 2:8-9 : 8 but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [shall be] wrath and indignation, 9 tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;
• Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.