Proverbs 12:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ט֗וֹב יָפִ֣יק רָ֭צוֹן מֵיְהוָ֑ה וְאִ֖ישׁ מְזִמּ֣וֹת יַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃

Transliteration

ṭôḇ yāp̄îq rāṣôn mēyhwāh wəʾîš məzimmôṯ yaršîaʿ

Grammar Details

*ṭôḇ*: adjective, masculine singular - good (person)
*yāp̄îq*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - obtains/produces
*rāṣôn*: noun, masculine singular - favor/goodwill/acceptance
*mēyhwāh*: preposition + proper noun - from YHWH/the LORD
*wəʾîš*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and man of
*məzimmôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - evil devices/schemes/plots
*yaršîaʿ*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - condemns/declares guilty

Word Meanings

*ṭôḇ*: good (person)/good man/the good
*yāp̄îq*: obtains/produces/gets
*rāṣôn*: favor/goodwill/acceptance/pleasure
*məzimmôṯ*: evil devices/schemes/plots/wicked plans
*yaršîaʿ*: condemns/pronounces guilty/acts wickedly

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.
Eccl 8:8 : 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
Isa 32:5-7 : 5 The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful. 6 For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 7 And the instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
Acts 11:24 : 24 for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
Rom 5:7 : 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to die.
Ps 9:15 : 15 The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Ps 112:5 : 5 Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.
Prov 1:31 : 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.
Prov 6:18 : 18 A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

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