Proverbs 20:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רָב־אָדָ֗ם יִ֭קְרָא אִ֣ישׁ חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְאִ֥ישׁ אֱ֝מוּנִ֗ים מִ֣י יִמְצָֽא׃

Transliteration

Many-ʾādām yiqrāʾ ʾîš ḥasdô but-ʾîš ʾĕmûnîm who yimṣāʾ

Grammar Details

*ʾādām*: noun, masculine singular - mankind/men
*yiqrāʾ*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will proclaim/call
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular construct - man of
*ḥasdô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his loyalty/kindness
*ʾĕmûnîm*: noun, masculine plural - faithfulness/trustworthiness
*yimṣāʾ*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will find

Word Meanings

*ʾādām*: mankind/men/people
*yiqrāʾ*: proclaims/calls/declares
*ʾîš*: man/person
*ḥasdô*: his loyalty/kindness/steadfast love
*ʾĕmûnîm*: faithfulness/trustworthiness/reliability
*yimṣāʾ*: will find/discover/come upon

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 12:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, Jehovah; For the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Matt 6:2 : 2 When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.
Luke 18:8 : 8 I say unto you, that he will avenge them {G1722} speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Prov 25:14 : 14 [ As] clouds and wind without rain, [So is] he that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.
Prov 27:2 : 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.
Eccl 7:28 : 28 which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
Jer 5:1 : 1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.
Mic 7:2 : 2 The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
Luke 18:28 : 28 And Peter said, Lo, we have left our own, and followed thee.
Luke 22:33 : 33 And he said unto him, Lord, with thee I am ready to go both to prison and to death.
John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I am become foolish: {G2744} ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though {G2532} I am nothing.

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