Proverbs 29:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man beareth rule, the people sigh.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בִּרְב֣וֹת צַ֭דִּיקִים יִשְׂמַ֣ח הָעָ֑ם וּבִמְשֹׁ֥ל רָ֝שָׁ֗ע יֵאָ֥נַֽח עָֽם׃

Transliteration

birḇôt ṣaddîqîm yiśmaḥ hāʿām û-ḇimšōl rāšāʿ yēʾānaḥ ʿām

Grammar Details

• *birḇôt*: preposition + infinitive construct - in multiplication/increase of
• *ṣaddîqîm*: noun, masculine plural - righteous ones
• *yiśmaḥ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - rejoices
• *hāʿām*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the people
• *û*: conjunction - and
• *ḇimšōl*: preposition + infinitive construct - in ruling of
• *rāšāʿ*: noun, masculine singular - wicked person
• *yēʾānaḥ*: niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - sighs/groans
• *ʿām*: noun, masculine singular - people

Word Meanings

• *birḇôt*: when become many/when increase/in abundance of
• *ṣaddîqîm*: righteous ones/just ones
• *yiśmaḥ*: rejoices/is glad
• *hāʿām*: the people/the nation
• *ḇimšōl*: when rules/in ruling of
• *rāšāʿ*: wicked person/evil one
• *yēʾānaḥ*: groans/sighs/mourns
• *ʿām*: people/nation

Referenced Verses

• Prov 28:12 : 12 When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
• Esth 8:15 : 15 And Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.
• Prov 11:10 : 10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; And when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
• Esth 3:15 : 15 The posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.
• Prov 28:28 : 28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous increase.
• Eccl 10:5 : 5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
• Isa 32:1-2 : 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice. 2 And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
• Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness.
• Matt 2:3 : 3 And when Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
• Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.
• Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is become [the kingdom] of our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign for ever and ever.
• Ps 72:1-7 : 1 [ A Psalm of Solomon.] Give the king thy judgments, O God, And thy righteousness unto the king's son. 2 He will judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with justice. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness. 4 He will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor. 5 They shall fear thee while the sun endureth, And so long as the moon, throughout all generations. 6 He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth. 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish, And abundance of peace, till the moon be no more.