Proverbs 11:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

[Though] hand [join] in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָ֣ד לְ֭יָד לֹא־יִנָּ֣קֶה רָּ֑ע וְזֶ֖רַע צַדִּיקִ֣ים נִמְלָֽט׃

Transliteration

Yād ləyād lōʾ-yinnāqeh rāʿ wəzeraʿ ṣaddîqîm nimlāṭ.

Grammar Details

*Yād*: feminine singular noun - hand
*ləyād*: preposition + feminine singular noun - to hand
*lōʾ-yinnāqeh*: negative particle + verb Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will not be unpunished
*rāʿ*: masculine singular adjective - evil one
*wəzeraʿ*: conjunction + masculine singular construct noun - and seed of
*ṣaddîqîm*: masculine plural adjective/noun - righteous ones
*nimlāṭ*: verb Niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - is delivered

Word Meanings

*Yād* *ləyād*: hand to hand (meaning 'assuredly')/join hands
*yinnāqeh*: will be unpunished/exempt/free
*rāʿ*: evil one/wicked one
*zeraʿ*: seed/offspring/descendants
*ṣaddîqîm*: righteous ones/just ones
*nimlāṭ*: is delivered/escapes/rescued

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 16:5 : 5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah: [Though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
Jer 32:39 : 39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
Acts 2:39 : 39 For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as {G302} the Lord our God shall call unto him.
Ps 112:1-2 : 1 Praise ye Jehovah. Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, That delighteth greatly in his commandments. 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: The generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Prov 13:22 : 22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.
Exod 23:2 : 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest [justice]:
Ps 37:26 : 26 All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth; And his seed is blessed.
Isa 27:4 : 4 Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together.
Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

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