Proverbs 2:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־בָּ֭אֶיהָ לֹ֣א יְשׁוּב֑וּן וְלֹֽא־יַ֝שִּׂ֗יגוּ אָרְח֥וֹת חַיִּֽים׃

Transliteration

all-bāʾеhā not yəšûḇûn and-not-yaśśîḡû ʾārəḥôṯ ḥayyîm

Grammar Details

*bāʾеhā*: verb, qal participle masculine plural construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - those who go in to her
*yəšûḇûn*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will return
*yaśśîḡû*: verb, hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will reach/attain
*ʾārəḥôṯ*: noun, feminine plural construct - paths of
*ḥayyîm*: noun, masculine plural - life

Word Meanings

*bāʾеhā*: those who go in to her/those who enter to her
*yəšûḇûn*: return/come back/turn back
*yaśśîḡû*: reach/attain/overtake
*ʾārəḥôṯ*: paths/ways/roads
*ḥayyîm*: life/living

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Eccl 7:26 : 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Ps 81:12 : 12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.
Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Jer 13:23 : 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Hos 4:14 : 14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for [the men] themselves go apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes; and the people that doth not understand shall be overthrown.
Matt 19:24-26 : 24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 25 And when the disciples heard it, they were astonished exceedingly, saying, Who then can be saved? 26 And Jesus looking upon [them] said to them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
Heb 6:18 : 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

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