Proverbs 20:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּב֣וֹד לָ֭אִישׁ שֶׁ֣בֶת מֵרִ֑יב וְכָל־אֱ֝וִ֗יל יִתְגַּלָּֽע׃

Transliteration

kābôd to-the-ʾîš šebet from-rîb and-all-ʾĕwîl yitgallāʿ

Grammar Details

• *kābôd*: noun, masculine singular - honor
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
• *šebet*: verb, Qal infinitive construct - ceasing/sitting/refraining
• *rîb*: verb, Qal infinitive construct - strife/quarrel
• *ʾĕwîl*: noun, masculine singular - fool
• *yitgallāʿ*: verb, Hithpael imperfect 3rd masculine singular - exposing himself/meddling

Word Meanings

• *kābôd*: honor/glory/dignity
• *ʾîš*: man/person/husband
• *šebet*: ceasing/sitting/keeping away from
• *rîb*: strife/quarrel/dispute/contention
• *ʾĕwîl*: fool/stupid person
• *yitgallāʿ*: exposes himself/meddles/breaks out in quarrel

Referenced Verses

• Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of strife is [as] when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.
• Prov 18:6 : 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.
• Prov 19:11 : 11 The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
• Prov 14:29 : 29 He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
• Prov 16:32 : 32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.
• 2 Kgs 14:9 : 9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.
• Prov 14:17 : 17 He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.
• Prov 21:24 : 24 The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name; He worketh in the arrogance of pride.
• Prov 25:8-9 : 8 Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame. 9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbor [himself], And disclose not the secret of another; 10 Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.
• Eph 1:6-8 : 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, {G1722} which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved: 7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
• Eph 4:32-5:1 : 32 and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you. 1 Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
• Jas 3:14 : 14 But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.
• Jas 4:1 : 1 Whence [come] wars and whence [come] fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your pleasures that war in your members?