Proverbs 15:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah: How much more then the hearts of the children of men!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׁא֣וֹל וַ֭אֲבַדּוֹן נֶ֣גֶד יְהוָ֑ה אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי־לִבּ֥וֹת בְּֽנֵי־אָדָֽם׃

Transliteration

Šəʾôl waʾăḇaddôn neḡed YHWH ʾap̄ kî-libbôt bənê-ʾādām

Grammar Details

• *Šəʾôl*: noun, proper feminine - Sheol/underworld
• *waʾăḇaddôn*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and Abaddon/destruction
• *neḡed*: preposition - before/in front of
• YHWH: proper noun - divine name
• *ʾap̄*: conjunction - even/how much more
• *kî*: conjunction - that/for/indeed
• *libbôt*: noun, masculine plural construct - hearts of
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons/children of
• *ʾādām*: noun, masculine singular - mankind/humanity

Word Meanings

• *Šəʾôl waʾăḇaddôn*: Sheol and Abaddon/death and destruction/underworld and place of ruin
• *neḡed YHWH*: before YHWH/in plain view of the LORD
• *ʾap̄ kî*: how much more/even more so
• *libbôt bənê-ʾādām*: hearts of children of mankind/inner thoughts of humans

Referenced Verses

• Ps 44:21 : 21 Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
• 2 Chr 6:30 : 30 then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling - place and forgive, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of men;)
• Job 26:6 : 6 Sheol is naked before [God], And Abaddon hath no covering.
• Ps 139:8 : 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
• Prov 27:20 : 20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
• Jer 17:10 : 10 I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
• John 2:24-25 : 24 But {G846} Jesus did not trust himself unto them, for that he knew all men, 25 and because he needed not that any one should bear witness concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.
• John 21:17 : 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
• Heb 4:13 : 13 And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
• Rev 1:18 : 18 and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, {G0} {G281} and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
• Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto each one of you according to your works.
• Ps 7:9 : 9 O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.
• 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But Jehovah said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [Jehovah seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh on the heart.