Proverbs 22:18

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For it is pleasant when you keep them within you; they will be ready on your lips all together.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־נָ֭עִים כִּֽי־תִשְׁמְרֵ֣ם בְּבִטְנֶ֑ךָ יִכֹּ֥נוּ יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו עַל־שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

For nā'îm when TišmĕrĕM in biṭneKā; yiKKōnû yaḥdāw upon śĕpāTeKā.

Grammar Details

• For: conjunction, *kî* - for/because
• *nā'îm*: adjective, masculine singular - pleasant/delightful
• when: conjunction, *kî* - when/if
• *TišmĕrĕM*: verb with pronominal suffix, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you keep them
• in: preposition, *bĕ* - in
• *biṭneKā*: noun with pronominal suffix, feminine singular - your belly/inward part
• *yiKKōnû*: verb, Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be established
• *yaḥdāw*: adverb - together/at the same time
• upon: preposition, *'al* - upon/on
• *śĕpāTeKā*: noun with pronominal suffix, feminine dual - your lips

Word Meanings

• *nā'îm*: pleasant/delightful/sweet/agreeable
• *TišmĕrĕM*: you keep them/you preserve them/you guard them
• *biṭneKā*: your belly/your inward parts/your inner being
• *yiKKōnû*: will be established/will be prepared/will be ready
• *yaḥdāw*: together/at once/all at the same time
• *śĕpāTeKā*: your lips/your speech/your words

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be ready on your lips.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For it is a pleasant thing{H5273} if thou keep{H8104} them within{H990} thee, If they be established{H3559} together{H3162} upon thy lips.{H8193}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For it is a pleasant thing{H5273} if thou keep{H8104}{(H8799)} them within{H990} thee; they shall withal{H3162} be fitted{H3559}{(H8735)} in thy lips{H8193}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  for it is a pleasaunt thinge yf thou kepe it in thine herte, and practise it in thy mouth:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For it shalbe pleasant, if thou keepe them in thy bellie, and if they be directed together in thy lippes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For it is a pleasaunt thing if thou kepe them in thyne heart, and order them in thy lippes:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, If all of them are ready on your lips.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 2:10 : 10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
• Prov 3:17 : 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
• Prov 8:6 : 6 Listen, for I speak noble things, and what comes from my lips is right.
• Prov 10:13 : 13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of those who lack understanding.
• Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense.
• Prov 15:7 : 7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the hearts of fools are not upright.
• Prov 16:21 : 21 The wise in heart will be called discerning, and pleasant speech increases learning.
• Prov 24:13-14 : 13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste. 14 In the same way, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
• Prov 25:11 : 11 Like golden apples in silver settings is a word spoken at the right time.
• Jer 15:16 : 16 Your words were found, and I ate them. Your word became to me the joy and delight of my heart, for I am called by Your name, LORD God of Hosts.
• Mal 2:7 : 7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.
• John 7:38 : 38 'Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.'
• Heb 13:15 : 15 Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
• Job 32:18-19 : 18 For I am full of words, and the spirit within me compels me. 19 Inside me, my heart is like wine that has no vent, ready to burst like new wineskins.
• Ps 19:10 : 10 The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, and altogether righteous.
• Ps 119:13 : 13 With my lips I recount all the judgments spoken by Your mouth.
• Ps 119:103 : 103 How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
• Ps 119:111 : 111 I have inherited Your testimonies forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
• Ps 119:162 : 162 I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoils.
• Ps 119:171 : 171 My lips will pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.