Proverbs 2:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּ֭רְשָׁעִים מֵאֶ֣רֶץ יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים יִסְּח֥וּ מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ פ

Transliteration

and-rəšāʿîm from-ʾеrеṣ yikkārēṯû and-ḇôḡəḏîm yissəḥû from-her

Grammar Details

• *rəšāʿîm*: adjective, masculine plural - wicked ones
• *ʾеrеṣ*: noun, feminine singular - land/earth
• *yikkārēṯû*: verb, niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will be cut off
• *ḇôḡəḏîm*: verb, qal participle masculine plural - treacherous ones
• *yissəḥû*: verb, niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will be uprooted

Word Meanings

• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil ones/wicked people
• *ʾеrеṣ*: land/earth/ground
• *yikkārēṯû*: be cut off/be destroyed/be removed
• *ḇôḡəḏîm*: treacherous ones/unfaithful ones/those dealing treacherously
• *yissəḥû*: be uprooted/be torn away/be plucked up

Referenced Verses

• Ps 52:5 : 5 God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. {H5542}
• Ps 104:35 : 35 Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. And let the wicked be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Praise ye Jehovah.
• Ps 145:20 : 20 Jehovah preserveth all them that love him; But all the wicked will he destroy.
• Prov 5:22-23 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. 23 He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
• Prov 10:30 : 30 The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.
• Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Say ye of the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
• Deut 7:22 : 22 And Jehovah thy God will cast out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.
• Deut 28:63-64 : 63 And it shall come to pass, that, as Jehovah rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Jehovah will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest in to possess it. 64 And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone.
• Job 18:16-18 : 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off. 17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street. 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
• Job 21:30 : 30 That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
• Ps 37:20 : 20 But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall consume; in smoke shall they consume away.
• 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.
• Ps 37:28 : 28 For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
• Ps 37:37-38 : 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; For there is a [happy] end to the man of peace. 38 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together; The end of the wicked shall be cut off.