Proverbs 19:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נָכ֣וֹנוּ לַלֵּצִ֣ים שְׁפָטִ֑ים וּ֝מַהֲלֻמ֗וֹת לְגֵ֣ו כְסִילִֽים׃

Transliteration

nāḵōnū for lēṣîm šəpāṭîm and mahălumōt for gēw kəsîlîm.

Grammar Details

• *nāḵōnū*: verb, niphal perfect, 3rd plural - are prepared/established
• *lēṣîm*: noun, masculine plural - scoffers/mockers
• *šəpāṭîm*: noun, masculine plural - judgments/punishments
• *mahălumōt*: noun, feminine plural - blows/strokes
• *gēw*: noun, masculine singular construct - back of
• *kəsîlîm*: noun, masculine plural - fools/stupid ones

Word Meanings

• *nāḵōnū*: are prepared/established/ready
• *lēṣîm*: scoffers/mockers/scorners
• *šəpāṭîm*: judgments/punishments/penalties
• *mahălumōt*: blows/strokes/strikes
• *gēw*: back of/body of
• *kəsîlîm*: fools/stupid ones/dull persons

Referenced Verses

• Prov 26:3 : 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
• Prov 10:13 : 13 In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
• Prov 9:12 : 12 If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.
• Prov 17:10 : 10 A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.
• Prov 18:6 : 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.
• Prov 3:34 : 34 Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers; But he giveth grace unto the lowly.
• Prov 7:22 : 22 He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool;
• Isa 28:22 : 22 Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for a decree of destruction have I heard from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, upon the whole earth.
• Isa 29:20 : 20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;
• Acts 13:40-41 : 40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon [you] which is spoken in the prophets: 41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; For I work a work in your days, A work which ye shall in no wise believe, if one declare it unto you.
• Heb 12:6 : 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
• 2 Pet 3:3-7 : 3 knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts, 4 and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5 For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God; 6 by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.