Proverbs 16:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good; And whoso trusteth in Jehovah, happy is he.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַשְׂכִּ֣יל עַל־דָּ֭בָר יִמְצָא־ט֑וֹב וּבוֹטֵ֖חַ בַּיהוָ֣ה אַשְׁרָֽיו׃

Transliteration

maśkîl on-dāḇār yimṣāʾ-ṭôḇ and-bôṭēaḥ in-YHWH ʾašrāyw

Grammar Details

• *maśkîl*: verb, Hiphil participle, masculine singular - acting wisely/giving attention to
• *ʿal*: preposition - on/to
• *dāḇār*: noun, masculine, singular - word/matter/thing
• *yimṣāʾ*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will find
• *ṭôḇ*: noun, masculine, singular - good/goodness
• *wᵉ*: conjunction - and
• *bôṭēaḥ*: verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - trusting
• *bᵉ*: preposition - in
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ʾašrāyw*: noun, masculine, plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his happiness/blessedness

Word Meanings

• *maśkîl*: acting wisely with/giving attention to/being prudent regarding
• *dāḇār*: word/matter/thing
• *ʾašrāyw*: his happiness/blessed is he/how fortunate he is

Referenced Verses

• Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.
• Prov 19:8 : 8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good.
• Ps 34:8 : 8 Oh taste and see that Jehovah is good: Blessed is the man that taketh refuge in him.
• Prov 13:15 : 15 Good understanding giveth favor; But the way of the transgressor is hard.
• Prov 17:2 : 2 A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.
• Gen 41:38-40 : 38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is? 39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou: 40 thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
• 1 Chr 5:20 : 20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them, because they put their trust in him.
• Ps 125:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents. They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.
• Ps 146:5 : 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:
• Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.
• Prov 22:19-20 : 19 That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee. 20 Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
• Prov 24:3-5 : 3 Through wisdom is a house builded; And by understanding it is established; 4 And by knowledge are the chambers filled With all precious and pleasant riches. 5 A wise man is strong; Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth might.
• Isa 26:3-4 : 3 Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]; because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is an everlasting rock.
• Isa 30:18 : 18 And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for Jehovah is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for him.
• Jer 17:7-8 : 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
• Dan 1:19-21 : 19 And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king. 20 And in every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his realm. 21 And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.
• Dan 3:28 : 28 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
• Dan 6:23 : 23 Then was the king exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he had trusted in his God.
• Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
• Eph 1:12-13 : 12 to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ: 13 in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation, — in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,