Proverbs 2:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־יְשָׁרִ֥ים יִשְׁכְּנוּ אָ֑רֶץ וּ֝תְמִימִ֗ים יִוָּ֥תְרוּ בָֽהּ׃

Transliteration

for-yəšārîm yiškənû ʾārеṣ and-təmîmîm yiwwāṯərû in-her

Grammar Details

*yəšārîm*: adjective, masculine plural - upright ones
*yiškənû*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will dwell
*ʾārеṣ*: noun, feminine singular - land/earth
*təmîmîm*: adjective, masculine plural - blameless ones
*yiwwāṯərû*: verb, niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will remain

Word Meanings

*yəšārîm*: upright ones/straight ones/upright people
*yiškənû*: dwell/inhabit/abide
*ʾārеṣ*: land/earth/ground
*təmîmîm*: blameless ones/complete ones/perfect ones
*yiwwāṯərû*: remain/be left/continue

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 37:29 : 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, And dwell therein for ever.
Ps 84:11 : 11 For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Ps 37:9 : 9 For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for Jehovah, they shall inherit the land.
Ps 37:11 : 11 But the meek shall inherit the land, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Ps 37:22 : 22 For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.
Job 1:1 : 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil.
Job 42:12 : 12 So Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
Ps 37:3 : 3 Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on [his] faithfulness.
Ps 112:4-6 : 4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [He is] gracious, and merciful, and righteous. 5 Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment. 6 For he shall never be moved; The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance.
Prov 10:30 : 30 The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

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