Proverbs 4:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־חַיִּ֣ים הֵ֭ם לְמֹצְאֵיהֶ֑ם וּֽלְכָל־בְּשָׂר֥וֹ מַרְפֵּֽא׃

Transliteration

kî-ḥayyîm hēm ləmōṣəʾêhem ûləkāl-bəśārô marpēʾ

Grammar Details

*kî-ḥayyîm*: conjunction + masculine plural noun - for life
*hēm*: 3rd person masculine plural pronoun - they
*ləmōṣəʾêhem*: preposition + masculine plural participle, qal + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to those finding them
*ûləkāl-bəśārô*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and to all his flesh
*marpēʾ*: masculine singular noun - healing

Word Meanings

*ḥayyîm*: life/living
*mōṣəʾêhem*: those finding/discovering/obtaining them
*bəśārô*: his flesh/body/person
*marpēʾ*: healing/health/cure/remedy

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About this Translation

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Prov 3:8 : 8 It will be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones.
Prov 12:18 : 18 There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
Prov 4:4 : 4 And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;
Prov 4:10 : 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.
Jer 33:6 : 6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal unto them abundance of peace and truth.

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