Proverbs 21:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָדָ֗ם תּ֖וֹעֶה מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ הַשְׂכֵּ֑ל בִּקְהַ֖ל רְפָאִ֣ים יָנֽוּחַ

Transliteration

ʾādām tôʿeh from-dereḵ haśkēl in-qĕhal rĕp̄āʾîm yānûaḥ

Grammar Details

• *ʾādām*: masculine singular noun - man/person
• *tôʿeh*: qal participle masculine singular - wandering
• *dereḵ*: construct singular noun - way of
• *haśkēl*: hiphil infinitive construct - understanding
• *qĕhal*: construct masculine singular noun - assembly of
• *rĕp̄āʾîm*: masculine plural noun - dead/shades
• *yānûaḥ*: 3rd masculine singular qal imperfect - he will rest

Word Meanings

• *ʾādām*: man/person/human
• *tôʿeh*: wandering/straying/going astray
• *dereḵ*: way/path/road
• *haśkēl*: understanding/insight/prudence
• *qĕhal*: assembly/congregation/gathering
• *rĕp̄āʾîm*: dead ones/shades/departed spirits
• *yānûaḥ*: will rest/will settle/will remain

Referenced Verses

• Ps 49:14 : 14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.
• Ps 125:5 : 5 But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
• Prov 2:18-19 : 18 For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead; 19 None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:
• Prov 7:26-27 : 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host. 27 Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.
• Prov 9:18 : 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
• Prov 13:20 : 20 Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
• Zeph 1:6 : 6 and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.
• John 3:19-20 : 19 And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
• Eph 2:1 : 1 And you [did he make alive,] when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,
• Heb 6:4-6 : 4 For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, 6 and [then] fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
• Heb 10:26-27 : 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries.
• Heb 10:38 : 38 But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.
• 2 Pet 2:21-22 : 21 For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 {G1161} It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.
• 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.
• Jude 1:12 : 12 These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;