Proverbs 29:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּפֶ֤שַֽׁע אִ֣ישׁ רָ֣ע מוֹקֵ֑שׁ וְ֝צַדִּ֗יק יָר֥וּן וְשָׂמֵֽחַ׃

Transliteration

bə-pešaʿ ʾîš rāʿ môqēš wə-ṣaddîq yārûn wə-śāmēaḥ

Grammar Details

• *bə*: preposition - in/by
• *pešaʿ*: noun, masculine singular - transgression/rebellion
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular construct - man of
• *rāʿ*: adjective, masculine singular - evil/wicked
• *môqēš*: noun, masculine singular - snare/trap
• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *ṣaddîq*: adjective/substantive, masculine singular - righteous one
• *yārûn*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - sings/rejoices
• *śāmēaḥ*: adjective, masculine singular - glad/joyful

Word Meanings

• *bə-pešaʿ*: in transgression of/by sin of
• *ʾîš rāʿ*: evil man/wicked person
• *môqēš*: snare/trap/is a trap
• *yārûn*: sings/rejoices/shouts
• *wə-śāmēaḥ*: and is glad/and rejoices

Referenced Verses

• Exod 15:1 : 1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and spake, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
• Job 18:7-9 : 7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down. 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils. 9 A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [And] a snare shall lay hold on him. 10 A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.
• Ps 11:6 : 6 Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
• Ps 97:11 : 11 Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.
• Ps 118:15 : 15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous: The right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly.
• Ps 132:16 : 16 Her priests also will I clothe with salvation; And her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
• Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
• Prov 11:5-6 : 5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.
• Prov 12:13 : 13 In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.
• Eccl 9:12 : 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
• Rom 5:2-3 : 2 through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness;
• 2 Tim 2:26 : 26 and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will.
• Jas 1:2 : 2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;
• 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
• 1 John 1:4 : 4 and these things we write, that our joy may be made full.
• Isa 8:14-15 : 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 15 And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.