Proverbs 18:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He that separateth himself seeketh [his own] desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְֽ֭תַאֲוָה יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ נִפְרָ֑ד בְּכָל־תּ֝וּשִׁיָּ֗ה יִתְגַּלָּֽע׃

Transliteration

For taʾăwāh yəbaqqēš niprād in-all tûšiyyāh yiṯgallāʿ

Grammar Details

• *taʾăwāh*: noun, feminine, singular - desire/craving
• *yəbaqqēš*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - seeks/pursues
• *niprād*: verb, niphal participle, masculine singular - one who separates himself/isolates
• *tûšiyyāh*: noun, feminine singular - wisdom/success/sound judgment
• *yiṯgallāʿ*: verb, hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - breaks out/meddles/quarrels

Word Meanings

• *taʾăwāh*: desire/craving/lust/appetite
• *niprād*: one separated/isolated/alienated
• *tûšiyyāh*: sound wisdom/effective wisdom/success/counsel
• *yiṯgallāʿ*: breaks forth/bursts out/exposes himself/quarrels/defies

Referenced Verses

• Prov 2:1-6 : 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee; 2 So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures: 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God. 6 For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding:
• Prov 20:3 : 3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.
• Eph 5:15-17 : 15 Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
• Jude 1:19 : 19 These are they who make separations, sensual, having not the Spirit.
• Prov 14:10 : 10 The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
• Prov 20:19 : 19 He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.
• Prov 24:21 : 21 My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; [And] company not with them that are given to change:
• Prov 26:17 : 17 He that passeth by, [and] vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is [like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
• Jer 15:17 : 17 I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.
• Zech 7:3 : 3 [ and] to speak unto the priests of the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
• Matt 13:11 : 11 And he answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
• Mark 1:35 : 35 And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.
• Mark 4:11 : 11 And he said unto them, Unto you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all things are done in parables:
• Rom 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called [to be] an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
• 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
• Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of strife is [as] when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.
• Exod 33:16 : 16 For wherein now shall it be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? is it not in that thou goest with us, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth?
• Isa 26:8-9 : 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial [name], is the desire of our soul. 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.