Proverbs 10:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

צַדִּ֣יק לְעוֹלָ֣ם בַּל־יִמּ֑וֹט וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗ים לֹ֣א יִשְׁכְּנוּ־אָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

ṣaddîq ləʿôlām bal-yimmôṭ û-rəšāʿîm lōʾ yiškənû-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

• *ṣaddîq*: masculine singular adjective - righteous
• *ləʿôlām*: preposition + masculine singular noun - forever
• *bal*: negative particle - not
• *yimmôṭ*: Niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - is moved/shaken
• *û-rəšāʿîm*: conjunction + masculine plural adjective - but wicked ones
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yiškənû*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - will dwell/inhabit
• *ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun - land/earth

Word Meanings

• *ṣaddîq*: righteous/just/lawful
• *ʿôlām*: forever/eternity/perpetuity
• *yimmôṭ*: is moved/shaken/displaced/removed
• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil people/wrongdoers
• *yiškənû*: will dwell/inhabit/remain
• *ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/ground

Referenced Verses

• Ps 125:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents. They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.
• Ps 37:22 : 22 For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.
• Ps 37:28-29 : 28 For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, And dwell therein for ever.
• Ps 16:8 : 8 I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
• Prov 2:21-22 : 21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it. 22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.
• Prov 10:25 : 25 When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more; But the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
• Ezek 33:24-26 : 24 Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. 25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes unto your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? 26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbor's wife: and shall ye possess the land?
• Mic 2:9-9 : 9 The women of my people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away my glory for ever. 10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your resting-place; because of uncleanness that destroyeth, even with a grievous destruction.
• Matt 21:41 : 41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
• Rom 8:35-39 : 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 2 Pet 1:10-11 : 10 Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall {G4417} never {G4218} stumble: 11 for thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
• Ps 37:9-9 : 9 For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for Jehovah, they shall inherit the land. 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 52:5 : 5 God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. {H5542}
• Ps 112:6 : 6 For he shall never be moved; The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance.