Proverbs 30:32

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, [Lay] thy hand upon thy mouth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־נָבַ֥לְתָּ בְהִתְנַשֵּׂ֑א וְאִם־זַ֝מּ֗וֹתָ יָ֣ד לְפֶֽה׃

Transliteration

ʾim-nābaltā bə-hitnassêʾ wə-ʾim-zammôtā yād lə-peh

Grammar Details

*ʾim*: conditional particle - if
*nābaltā*: Qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular from *nbl* - you have acted foolishly
*bə-hitnassêʾ*: preposition + Hithpael infinitive construct from *nśʾ* - in lifting yourself up
*wə-ʾim*: conjunction + conditional particle - and if
*zammôtā*: Qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular from *zmm* - you have devised/planned/thought
*yād*: feminine singular noun - hand
*lə-peh*: preposition + masculine singular noun - to mouth

Word Meanings

*nābaltā*: acted foolishly/acted disgracefully/been godless
*bə-hitnassêʾ*: in lifting yourself up/in exalting yourself/in pride
*zammôtā*: devised/planned/thought/schemed
*yād lə-peh*: hand to mouth (gesture of silence/restraint)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 21:5 : 5 Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.
Job 40:4 : 4 Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
Prov 17:28 : 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is [esteemed as] prudent.
Prov 26:12 : 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
Eccl 8:3-4 : 3 Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. 4 For the king's word [hath] power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Mic 7:16-17 : 16 The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf. 17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear unto Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.
Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:

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