Proverbs 15:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דֶּ֣רֶךְ עָ֭צֵל כִּמְשֻׂ֣כַת חָ֑דֶק וְאֹ֖רַח יְשָׁרִ֣ים סְלֻלָֽה׃

Transliteration

Derek ʿāṣēl kimsûḵat ḥādeq wəʾōraḥ yəšārîm səlulāh

Grammar Details

• *Derek*: noun, masculine singular construct - way of
• *ʿāṣēl*: adjective, masculine singular - lazy one/sluggard
• *kimsûḵat*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - like hedge of
• *ḥādeq*: noun, masculine singular - thorns/briars
• *wəʾōraḥ*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - but path of
• *yəšārîm*: adjective, masculine plural - upright ones
• *səlulāh*: qal passive participle, feminine singular - is paved/made smooth

Word Meanings

• *Derek ʿāṣēl*: way of sluggard/path of lazy one
• *kimsûḵat ḥādeq*: like hedge of thorns/as barrier of briars
• *wəʾōraḥ yəšārîm*: but path of upright/yet way of righteous
• *səlulāh*: is paved/made smooth/level highway

Referenced Verses

• Prov 22:5 : 5 Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
• Prov 22:13 : 13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
• Prov 26:13 : 13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.
• Isa 30:21 : 21 and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it; when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
• Isa 35:8 : 8 [And a highway] [shall be there, and a way,] [and it shall be called] [The way] [of holiness;] [the unclean] [shall not pass over] [it; but is shall be for the redeemed]: the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err [therein].
• Isa 57:14 : 14 And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.
• Num 14:1-3 : 1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness! 3 And wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
• Num 14:7-9 : 7 and they spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land. 8 If Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. 9 Only rebel not against Jehovah, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is removed from over them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not.
• Ps 5:8 : 8 Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.
• Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Good and upright is Jehovah: Therefore will he instruct sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in justice; And the meek will he teach his way.
• Ps 25:12 : 12 What man is he that feareth Jehovah? Him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose.
• Ps 27:11 : 11 Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; And lead me in a plain path, Because of mine enemies.
• Prov 8:9 : 9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.
• Prov 3:6 : 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.