Proverbs 23:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׁמַ֣ע לְ֭אָבִיךָ זֶ֣ה יְלָדֶ֑ךָ וְאַל־תָּ֝ב֗וּז כִּֽי־זָקְנָ֥ה אִמֶּֽךָ׃

Transliteration

šǝmaʿ to your ʾāḇîḵā who yǝlāḏeḵā, and not tāḇûz when has zāqǝnāh your ʾimmeḵā.

Grammar Details

*šǝmaʿ*: qal imperative, masculine singular - listen/obey
*ʾāḇîḵā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your father
*yǝlāḏeḵā*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - begot you
*tāḇûz*: qal imperfect jussive, 2nd person masculine singular - despise/show contempt
*zāqǝnāh*: qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - has grown old
*ʾimmeḵā*: noun, feminine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your mother

Word Meanings

*šǝmaʿ lǝʾāḇîḵā*: listen to your father/obey your father
*yǝlāḏeḵā*: begot you/gave you birth
*tāḇûz*: despise/show contempt for/disregard
*zāqǝnāh*: has grown old/aged

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 1:8 : 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
Prov 6:20 : 20 My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them; 19 then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 20 and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.
John 19:26-27 : 26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! 27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold, thy mother! And from that hour the disciple took her unto his own [home].
Eph 6:1-2 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),
Lev 19:3 : 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.
Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given [to God]; 6 he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.
Mark 7:10 : 10 For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:
Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.

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