Proverbs 12:7

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָפ֣וֹךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים וְאֵינָ֑ם וּבֵ֖ית צַדִּיקִ֣ים יַעֲמֹֽד׃

Transliteration

hāp̄ôḵ rəšāʿîm wəʾênām ûḇêṯ ṣaddîqîm yaʿămōḏ

Grammar Details

• *hāp̄ôḵ*: verb, infinitive absolute - overturn/overthrow
• *rəšāʿîm*: adjective, masculine plural - wicked ones
• *wəʾênām*: conjunction + particle of negation + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and they are not
• *ûḇêṯ*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and house of
• *ṣaddîqîm*: adjective, masculine plural - righteous ones
• *yaʿămōḏ*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will stand

Word Meanings

• *hāp̄ôḵ*: overturn/overthrow/overthrowing/when overthrown
• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil ones
• *wəʾênām*: and they are not/they are no more
• *bêṯ*: house/household/family
• *ṣaddîqîm*: righteous ones/just ones
• *yaʿămōḏ*: will stand/will endure/will remain

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:25 : 25 As the whirlwind passeth, so [is] the wicked no [more]: but the righteous [is] an everlasting foundation.
• Prov 11:21 : 21 ¶ [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
• Matt 7:24-27 : 24 ‹Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:› 25 ‹And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.› 26 ‹And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:› 27 ‹And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.›
• Prov 14:1 : 1 ¶ Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
• Prov 14:11 : 11 ¶ The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
• Prov 15:25 : 25 ¶ The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
• Prov 24:3-4 : 3 ¶ Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: 4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
• 2 Sam 7:16 : 16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
• 2 Sam 7:26 : 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts [is] the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
• Esth 9:6-9 : 6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. 7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, 8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, 9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha, 10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
• Esth 9:14 : 14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
• Job 5:3-4 : 3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither [is there] any to deliver [them].
• Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope [shall be as] the giving up of the ghost.
• Job 18:15-20 : 15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because [it is] none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. 17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. 19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. 20 They that come after [him] shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
• Job 27:18-23 : 18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh. 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not. 20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. 22 For [God] shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. 23 [Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
• Job 34:25 : 25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth [them] in the night, so that they are destroyed.
• Ps 37:10 : 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be].
• Ps 37:35-37 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he [was] not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the perfect [man], and behold the upright: for the end of [that] man [is] peace.
• Ps 73:18-19 : 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. 19 How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.