Proverbs 29:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּאֵ֣ין חָ֭זוֹן יִפָּ֣רַֽע עָ֑ם וְשֹׁמֵ֖ר תּוֹרָ֣ה אַשְׁרֵֽהוּ׃

Transliteration

bə-ʾên ḥāzôn yippāraʿ ʿām wə-šōmēr tôrāh ʾašrêhû

Grammar Details

*bə*: preposition - in
*ʾên*: particle of negation - there is not
*ḥāzôn*: noun, masculine singular - vision/revelation
*yippāraʿ*: niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - is unrestrained/cast off restraint
*ʿām*: noun, masculine singular - people
*wə*: conjunction - but
*šōmēr*: qal participle, masculine singular construct - keeper of
*tôrāh*: noun, feminine singular - law/instruction
*ʾašrêhû*: interjection + 3rd masculine singular suffix - happy is he/blessed is he

Word Meanings

*bə-ʾên ḥāzôn*: where there is no vision/without revelation
*yippāraʿ*: casts off restraint/runs wild/perishes
*ʿām*: people/nation
*šōmēr tôrāh*: keeper of law/one who keeps instruction
*ʾašrêhû*: happy is he/blessed is he

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jas 1:25 : 25 But he that looketh into the perfect law, the [law] of liberty, and [so] continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.
Luke 11:28 : 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Matt 9:36 : 36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and scattered, as sheep not having a shepherd.
1 Sam 3:1 : 1 And the child Samuel ministered unto Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.
Hos 4:6 : 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
Rom 10:13-15 : 13 for, {G302} Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 and how shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things!
John 13:17 : 17 If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.
Amos 8:11-12 : 11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Jehovah. 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and shall not find it.
Ps 119:2 : 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart.

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