Proverbs 30:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Every word of God is tried: He is a shield unto them that take refuge in him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־אִמְּרַ֣ת אֱל֣וֹהַּ צְרוּפָ֑ה מָגֵ֥ן ה֝֗וּא לַֽחֹסִ֥ים בּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

Kol-ʾimrat ʾĕlôah ṣerûpâ māgēn hûʾ laḥōsîm bô

Grammar Details

*Kol*: construct state - all/every
*ʾimrat*: construct state, feminine singular - word/saying of
*ʾĕlôah*: masculine singular noun - God
*ṣerûpâ*: qal passive participle, feminine singular - refined/purified/tested
*māgēn*: masculine singular noun - shield
*hûʾ*: third person masculine singular pronoun - he/it
*laḥōsîm*: preposition + qal active participle, masculine plural - to those taking refuge
*bô*: preposition + third person masculine singular suffix - in him

Word Meanings

*ʾĕlôah*: God/deity (singular form, cf. plural Elohim)
*ṣerûpâ*: refined/purified/tested (as metal by fire)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 18:30 : 30 As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.
Ps 12:6 : 6 The words of Jehovah are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times.
Ps 84:11 : 11 For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Ps 3:3 : 3 But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory and the lifter up of my head.
Gen 15:1 : 1 After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.
Ps 19:8 : 8 The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart: The commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Ps 91:2 : 2 I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust.
Ps 115:9-9 : 9 O Israel, trust thou in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield. 10 O house of Aaron, trust ye in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield. 11 Ye that fear Jehovah, trust in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield.
Ps 119:140 : 140 Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.
Ps 144:2 : 2 My lovingkindness, and my fortress, My high tower, and my deliverer; My shield, and he in whom I take refuge; Who subdueth my people under me.
Rom 7:12 : 12 So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.
Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first {G3303} pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, {G2532} without hypocrisy.

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