Proverbs 15:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jehovah is far from the wicked; But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רָח֣וֹק יְ֭הוָה מֵרְשָׁעִ֑ים וּתְפִלַּ֖ת צַדִּיקִ֣ים יִשְׁמָֽע׃

Transliteration

Rāḥôq YHWH mērəšāʿîm ûtəp̄illat ṣaddîqîm yišmāʿ

Grammar Details

• *Rāḥôq*: adjective, masculine singular - far/distant
• YHWH: proper noun - divine name
• *mērəšāʿîm*: preposition + adjective, masculine plural - from wicked ones
• *ûtəp̄illat*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct - but prayer of
• *ṣaddîqîm*: adjective, masculine plural - righteous ones
• *yišmāʿ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he hears/listens to

Word Meanings

• *Rāḥôq YHWH*: far is YHWH/distant is the LORD
• *mērəšāʿîm*: from wicked/from evil ones
• *ûtəp̄illat ṣaddîqîm*: but prayer of righteous/yet supplication of just ones
• *yišmāʿ*: he hears/listens to/attends to

Referenced Verses

• John 9:31 : 31 We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.
• Ps 145:18-19 : 18 Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth. 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; He also will hear their cry and will save them.
• Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
• 1 Pet 3:12 : 12 For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil.
• Eph 2:12-13 : 12 that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ.
• Jas 5:16-18 : 16 Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The {G1754} supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working. 17 Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
• Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear: 19 But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
• Rom 8:26-27 : 26 And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for [us] with groanings which cannot be uttered; 27 and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to [the will of] God.
• Ps 34:15-17 : 15 The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous, And his ears are [open] unto their cry. 16 The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 [ The righteous] cried, and Jehovah heard, And delivered them out of all their troubles.
• Ps 138:6 : 6 For though Jehovah is high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; But the haughty he knoweth from afar.
• Ps 73:27 : 27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, [departing] from thee.
• Ps 10:1 : 1 Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
• Ps 18:41 : 41 They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
• Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
• Matt 25:46 : 46 And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.