Proverbs 11:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹא־יוֹעִ֣יל ה֭וֹן בְּי֣וֹם עֶבְרָ֑ה וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה תַּצִּ֥יל מִמָּֽוֶת׃

Transliteration

Lōʾ-yôʿîl hôn bəyôm ʿebrâ ûṣədāqâ taṣṣîl mimmāwet.

Grammar Details

*Lōʾ-yôʿîl*: negative particle + verb Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - not profits
*hôn*: masculine singular noun - wealth/riches
*bəyôm*: preposition + masculine singular construct noun - in day of
*ʿebrâ*: feminine singular noun - wrath/fury
*ûṣədāqâ*: conjunction + feminine singular noun - and righteousness
*taṣṣîl*: verb Hiphil imperfect 3rd feminine singular - delivers/rescues
*mimmāwet*: preposition + masculine singular noun - from death

Word Meanings

*yôʿîl*: profits/benefits/helps
*hôn*: wealth/riches/substance
*ʿebrâ*: wrath/fury/anger/rage
*ṣədāqâ*: righteousness/justice/righteous deeds
*taṣṣîl*: delivers/rescues/saves
*māwet*: death/dying

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 7:1 : 1 And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Prov 10:2 : 2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.
Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.
Ezek 7:19 : 19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it hath been the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
Matt 16:26 : 26 For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
Rom 5:17 : 17 For if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; much more shall they that receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, [even] Jesus Christ.
1 Tim 4:8 : 8 for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.
Prov 12:28 : 28 In the way of righteousness is life; And in the pathway thereof there is no death.
Job 36:18-19 : 18 For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside. 19 Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength?
Ps 49:6-8 : 6 They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him; 8 (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever;)

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