Proverbs 11:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּט֣וּב צַ֭דִּיקִים תַּעֲלֹ֣ץ קִרְיָ֑ה וּבַאֲבֹ֖ד רְשָׁעִ֣ים רִנָּֽה׃

Transliteration

Bəṭûb ṣaddîqîm taʿălōṣ qiryâ ûbaʾăbōd rəšāʿîm rinnâ.

Grammar Details

• *Bəṭûb*: preposition + masculine singular construct noun - in prosperity of
• *ṣaddîqîm*: masculine plural adjective/noun - righteous ones
• *taʿălōṣ*: verb Qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - rejoices
• *qiryâ*: feminine singular noun - city
• *ûbaʾăbōd*: conjunction + preposition + construct infinitive - and in perishing of
• *rəšāʿîm*: masculine plural adjective/noun - wicked ones
• *rinnâ*: feminine singular noun - joyful shouting

Word Meanings

• *ṭûb*: prosperity/good/goodness
• *ṣaddîqîm*: righteous ones/just ones
• *taʿălōṣ*: rejoices/exults/celebrates
• *qiryâ*: city/town
• *ʾăbōd*: perishing/destruction
• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/criminals/guilty ones
• *rinnâ*: joyful shouting/singing/jubilation

Referenced Verses

• Prov 28:12 : 12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
• Prov 28:28 : 28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
• Exod 15:21 : 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
• Judg 5:31 : 31 So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
• Esth 8:15-16 : 15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad. 16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
• Job 27:23 : 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
• Ps 58:10-11 : 10 The righteous shall rejoice{H8799)} when he seeth{H8804)} the vengeance: he shall wash{H8799)} his feet in the blood of the wicked. 11 So that a man shall say{H8799)}, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth{H8802)} in the earth.
• Rev 19:1-7 : 1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: 2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. 4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. 5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.