Proverbs 21:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שֹׁד־רְשָׁעִ֥ים יְגוֹרֵ֑ם כִּ֥י מֵ֝אֲנ֗וּ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט

Transliteration

šōd-rĕšāʿîm yĕḡôrēm because mēʾănû to-do mišpāṭ

Grammar Details

• *šōd*: construct singular noun - violence/destruction of
• *rĕšāʿîm*: masculine plural noun - wicked ones
• *yĕḡôrēm*: 3rd person masculine singular imperfect + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - will drag them away
• *mēʾănû*: 3rd person plural perfect - they refused
• *mišpāṭ*: masculine singular noun - justice/judgment

Word Meanings

• *šōd*: violence/destruction/havoc
• *rĕšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil persons
• *yĕḡôrēm*: will drag them away/sweep them away/destroy them
• *mēʾănû*: refused/declined/rejected
• *mišpāṭ*: justice/judgment/what is right

Referenced Verses

• Ps 7:16 : 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
• Ps 9:16 : 16 Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. {H1902} Selah}
• Prov 1:18-19 : 18 And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives. 19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
• Prov 10:6 : 6 Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
• Prov 21:21 : 21 He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.
• Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23 For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
• Isa 1:23-24 : 23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. 24 Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies;
• Jer 7:9-9 : 9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known, 10 and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that ye may do all these abominations? 11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, saith Jehovah.
• Jer 7:15 : 15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
• Ezek 18:18 : 18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed {H1499} his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.
• Ezek 22:13-14 : 13 Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee. 14 Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and will do it.
• Mic 3:9-9 : 9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity. 10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. 11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us. 12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
• Zech 5:3-4 : 3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off on the one side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off on the other side according to it. 4 I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
• Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.