Proverbs 14:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶ֣רֶךְ אַ֭פַּיִם רַב־תְּבוּנָ֑ה וּקְצַר־ר֝֗וּחַ מֵרִ֥ים אִוֶּֽלֶת׃

Transliteration

ʾereḵ ʾappayim rab-təbûnâ and qəṣar-rûaḥ mērîm ʾiwwelet

Grammar Details

• *ʾereḵ*: masculine singular construct - slow of
• *ʾappayim*: masculine dual noun - anger
• *rab-təbûnâ*: masculine singular adjective + feminine singular noun - great understanding
• *qəṣar-rûaḥ*: adjective construct + feminine singular noun - short of breath
• *mērîm*: masculine singular Hiphil participle - exalts
• *ʾiwwelet*: feminine singular noun - folly

Word Meanings

• *ʾereḵ* *ʾappayim*: slow to anger/patient/longsuffering
• *rab-təbûnâ*: great understanding/much discernment/abundant insight
• *qəṣar-rûaḥ*: short-tempered/impatient/quick-spirited
• *mērîm*: exalts/lifts up/raises
• *ʾiwwelet*: folly/foolishness/stupidity

Referenced Verses

• Jas 1:19 : 19 Ye know [this], my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
• Eccl 7:9 : 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
• Prov 14:17 : 17 He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.
• Prov 16:32 : 32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.
• Prov 19:11 : 11 The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
• Prov 15:18 : 18 A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
• Num 12:3 : 3 Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth.
• Prov 22:24-25 : 24 Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: 25 Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul.
• Prov 25:28 : 28 He whose spirit is without restraint Is [like] a city that is broken down and without walls.
• Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first {G3303} pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, {G2532} without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
• Eccl 10:6 : 6 folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
• Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.
• Matt 11:29 : 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
• 1 Cor 13:4-5 : 4 Love suffereth long, [and] is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;
• Prov 25:8 : 8 Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.
• Prov 4:8 : 8 Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.