Proverbs 10:29

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מָע֣וֹז לַ֭תֹּם דֶּ֣רֶךְ יְהוָ֑ה וּ֝מְחִתָּ֗ה לְפֹ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃

Transliteration

māʿôz lattōm derek YHWH û-məḥittāh ləpōʿălêy ʾāwen

Grammar Details

• *māʿôz*: masculine singular noun - stronghold/refuge
• *lattōm*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - to the blameless
• *derek*: masculine singular construct - way of
• *YHWH*: proper name - LORD
• *û-məḥittāh*: conjunction + feminine singular noun - but ruin/destruction
• *ləpōʿălêy*: preposition + Qal participle masculine plural construct - to workers of
• *ʾāwen*: masculine singular noun - iniquity

Word Meanings

• *māʿôz*: stronghold/refuge/fortress
• *tōm*: blameless/integrity/completeness
• *derek*: way/path/journey
• *məḥittāh*: ruin/destruction/terror
• *pōʿălêy*: workers/doers/makers
• *ʾāwen*: iniquity/wickedness/trouble

Referenced Verses

• Prov 21:15 : 15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
• Ps 37:20 : 20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies{H8802)} of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume{H8804)}; into smoke shall they consume away{H8804)}.
• Ps 84:7 : 7 They go{H8799)} from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth{H8735)} before God.
• Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked spring{H8800)} as the grass, and when all the workers{H8802)} of iniquity do flourish{H8686)}; it is that they shall be destroyed{H8736)} for ever:
• Job 31:3 : 3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
• Ps 1:6 : 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
• Ps 36:12 : 12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen{H8804)}: they are cast down{H8795)}, and shall not be able{H8804)} to rise{H8800)}.
• Isa 40:31 : 31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
• Zech 10:12 : 12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
• Matt 7:22-23 : 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
• Luke 13:26-27 : 26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
• Rom 2:8-9 : 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
• Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.