Proverbs 12:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

There shall no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹא־יְאֻנֶּ֣ה לַצַּדִּ֣יק כָּל־אָ֑וֶן וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗ים מָ֣לְאוּ רָֽע׃

Transliteration

lōʾ-yəʾunneh laṣṣaddîq kāl-ʾāwen ûrəšāʿîm mālʾû rāʿ

Grammar Details

• *lōʾ*: negative particle - no/not
• *yəʾunneh*: verb, pual imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will be allowed to happen
• *laṣṣaddîq*: preposition + article + adjective, masculine singular - to the righteous
• *kāl*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of
• *ʾāwen*: noun, masculine singular - iniquity/trouble
• *ûrəšāʿîm*: conjunction + adjective, masculine plural - and wicked ones
• *mālʾû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are filled with
• *rāʿ*: adjective, masculine singular - evil

Word Meanings

• *yəʾunneh*: will be allowed to happen/will befall/will be inflicted
• *ṣaddîq*: righteous one/just person
• *ʾāwen*: iniquity/trouble/calamity/harm
• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil ones
• *mālʾû*: they are filled with/are full of
• *rāʿ*: evil/harm/trouble

Referenced Verses

• Ps 91:10 : 10 There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.
• 1 Pet 3:13 : 13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good?
• Rev 18:6 : 6 Render unto her even as she rendered, {G5213} and double [unto her] the double according to her works: in the cup which she mingled, mingle unto her double.
• Jer 13:12-14 : 12 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word: Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? 13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. 14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith Jehovah: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have compassion, that I should not destroy them.
• Hab 2:16 : 16 Thou art filled with shame, and not glory: drink thou also, and be as one uncircumcised; the cup of Jehovah's right hand shall come round unto thee, and foul shame shall be upon thy glory.
• Rom 8:28 : 28 And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, [even] to them that are called according to [his] purpose.
• 1 Cor 3:22-23 : 22 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
• 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us {G2596} more and {G5236} more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
• Prov 1:31 : 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.
• Prov 14:14 : 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.