Proverbs 4:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֹ֣רַח צַ֭דִּיקִים כְּא֣וֹר נֹ֑גַהּ הוֹלֵ֥ךְ וָ֝א֗וֹר עַד־נְכ֥וֹן הַיּֽוֹם׃

Transliteration

wəʾōraḥ ṣaddîqîm kəʾôr nōgah hôlēk wāʾôr ʿad-nəkôn hayyôm

Grammar Details

• *wəʾōraḥ*: conjunction + masculine singular construct noun - but path of
• *ṣaddîqîm*: masculine plural noun - righteous ones
• *kəʾôr*: preposition + masculine singular construct noun - like light of
• *nōgah*: masculine singular noun - brightness/dawn
• *hôlēk*: participle, masculine singular, qal - going/walking
• *wāʾôr*: conjunction + masculine singular, absolute noun - and shining
• *ʿad-nəkôn*: preposition + niphal infinitive construct - until establishment of
• *hayyôm*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the day

Word Meanings

• *ʾōraḥ*: path/way/trail
• *ṣaddîqîm*: righteous ones/just ones/those in right relationship
• *nōgah*: brightness/dawn/radiance/light
• *hôlēk*: going/walking/proceeding
• *wāʾôr*: and shining/and becoming bright
• *nəkôn*: establishment/being established/firmness

Referenced Verses

• Job 11:17 : 17 And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
• Phil 2:15 : 15 that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,
• 2 Sam 23:4 : 4 [ He shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds, [When] the tender grass [springeth] out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.
• John 8:12 : 12 Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not {G3361} walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
• Dan 12:3 : 3 And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
• Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
• 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] the glory both now and for {G2250} ever. Amen.
• 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
• Matt 5:14 : 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
• Matt 5:16 : 16 Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
• Isa 26:7 : 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.
• Job 23:10 : 10 But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
• Matt 5:45 : 45 that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.
• Hos 6:3 : 3 And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
• 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 And we have the word of prophecy [made] more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until {G3757} the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:
• Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof [is] the Lamb.
• Zech 14:6-7 : 6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall not be light; the bright ones shall withdraw themselves: 7 but it shall be one day which is known unto Jehovah; not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.