Proverbs 1:29

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תַּ֭חַת כִּי־שָׂ֣נְאוּ דָ֑עַת וְיִרְאַ֥ת יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה לֹ֣א בָחָֽרוּ׃

Transliteration

taḥat ki-san'u da'at wəyir'at YHWH lo vaḥaru

Grammar Details

• *taḥat*: preposition - because
• *ki*: conjunction - that
• *san'u*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they hated
• *da'at*: feminine singular noun - knowledge
• *wəyir'at*: conjunction + construct state, feminine singular - and fear of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD
• *lo*: negative particle - not
• *vaḥaru*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they chose

Word Meanings

• *taḥat*: because/instead of/in place of
• *san'u*: they hated/they despised/they rejected
• *da'at*: knowledge/discernment/perception
• *yir'at*: fear of/reverence for/awe of
• *vaḥaru*: they chose/they selected/they preferred

Referenced Verses

• Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
• Prov 6:23 : 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
• Isa 27:11 : 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
• Isa 30:9-9 : 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: 10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: 11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
• Luke 10:42 : 42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
• John 3:20 : 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
• Acts 7:51-54 : 51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: 53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. 54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
• Heb 11:25 : 25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
• Prov 5:12 : 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
• Job 21:14-15 : 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
• Ps 50:16-17 : 16 But unto the wicked God saith{H8804)}, What hast thou to do to declare{H8763)} my statutes, or that thou shouldest take{H8799)} my covenant in thy mouth? 17 Seeing thou hatest{H8804)} instruction, and castest{H8686)} my words behind thee.