Proverbs 24:16

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י שֶׁ֨בַע ׀ יִפּ֣וֹל צַדִּ֣יק וָקָ֑ם וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗ים יִכָּשְׁל֥וּ בְרָעָֽה׃

Transliteration

For šebaʿ yippôl ṣaddîq wāqām and-rəšāʿîm yikkāšəlû in-rāʿāh

Grammar Details

• *šebaʿ*: masculine singular number - seven
• *yippôl*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - falls
• *ṣaddîq*: masculine singular adjective - righteous
• *wāqām*: Qal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and rises
• *rəšāʿîm*: masculine plural adjective - wicked
• *yikkāšəlû*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - stumble/are overthrown
• *rāʿāh*: feminine singular noun with preposition - evil/calamity

Word Meanings

• *yippôl*: falls/fails/collapses
• *wāqām*: rises/stands up/recovers
• *yikkāšəlû*: stumble/are overthrown/fall down
• *rāʿāh*: evil/calamity/distress

Referenced Verses

• Ps 37:24 : 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth [him with] his hand.
• Mic 7:8-9 : 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD [shall be] a light unto me. 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness. 10 Then [she that is] mine enemy shall see [it], and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
• Ps 34:19 : 19 Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
• Job 5:19 : 19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
• 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 ¶ [We are] troubled on every side, yet not distressed; [we are] perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
• 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
• Rev 18:20-21 : 20 Rejoice over her, [thou] heaven, and [ye] holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. 21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast [it] into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
• 2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: 10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver [us];
• 2 Cor 11:23-27 : 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I [am] more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 24 Of the Jews five times received I forty [stripes] save one. 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 [In] journeyings often, [in] perils of waters, [in] perils of robbers, [in] perils by [mine own] countrymen, [in] perils by the heathen, [in] perils in the city, [in] perils in the wilderness, [in] perils in the sea, [in] perils among false brethren; 27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
• Prov 14:32 : 32 ¶ The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
• Prov 28:14-18 : 14 ¶ Happy [is] the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. 15 ¶ [As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a wicked ruler over the poor people. 16 ¶ The prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a great oppressor: [but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days. 17 ¶ A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him. 18 ¶ Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but [he that is] perverse [in his] ways shall fall at once.
• Ps 52:5 : 5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
• Prov 13:17 : 17 ¶ A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador [is] health.
• Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
• 1 Sam 26:10 : 10 David said furthermore, [As] the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
• Amos 5:2 : 2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; [there is] none to raise her up.
• Amos 8:14 : 14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
• Acts 12:23 : 23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
• 1 Sam 31:4 : 4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
• Ps 7:16 : 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.