Proverbs 10:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּשִׂפְתֵ֣י נָ֭בוֹן תִּמָּצֵ֣א חָכְמָ֑ה וְ֝שֵׁ֗בֶט לְגֵ֣ו חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃

Transliteration

bəśiptêy nābôn timmāṣēʾ ḥokmāh wə-šēbeṭ lə-gēw ḥăsar-lēb

Grammar Details

• *bəśiptêy*: preposition + feminine dual construct - in lips of
• *nābôn*: Niphal participle masculine singular - discerning/understanding
• *timmāṣēʾ*: Niphal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - is found
• *ḥokmāh*: feminine singular noun - wisdom
• *wə-šēbeṭ*: conjunction + masculine singular noun - and rod
• *lə-gēw*: preposition + masculine singular construct - for back of
• *ḥăsar*: adjective masculine singular construct - lacking of
• *lēb*: masculine singular noun - heart/sense

Word Meanings

• *śiptêy*: lips/speech/edge
• *nābôn*: discerning/understanding/intelligent
• *timmāṣēʾ*: is found/discovered/present
• *ḥokmāh*: wisdom/skill/knowledge
• *šēbeṭ*: rod/staff/club/discipline
• *gēw*: back/body/middle
• *ḥăsar*: lacking/devoid/without
• *lēb*: heart/mind/understanding

Referenced Verses

• Prov 26:3 : 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
• Prov 6:32 : 32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
• Prov 7:22 : 22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
• Prov 10:10-11 : 10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. 11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
• Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
• Prov 10:31 : 31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
• Prov 15:7 : 7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
• Prov 15:23 : 23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
• Prov 17:10 : 10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
• Prov 19:29 : 29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
• Prov 20:15 : 15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
• Prov 27:22 : 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
• Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
• Luke 4:22 : 22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
• Exod 10:12 : 12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
• Ps 32:9 : 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.