Proverbs 11:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָ֣ד לְ֭יָד לֹא־יִנָּ֣קֶה רָּ֑ע וְזֶ֖רַע צַדִּיקִ֣ים נִמְלָֽט׃

Transliteration

Yād ləyād lōʾ-yinnāqeh rāʿ wəzeraʿ ṣaddîqîm nimlāṭ.

Grammar Details

*Yād*: feminine singular noun - hand
*ləyād*: preposition + feminine singular noun - to hand
*lōʾ-yinnāqeh*: negative particle + verb Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will not be unpunished
*rāʿ*: masculine singular adjective - evil one
*wəzeraʿ*: conjunction + masculine singular construct noun - and seed of
*ṣaddîqîm*: masculine plural adjective/noun - righteous ones
*nimlāṭ*: verb Niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - is delivered

Word Meanings

*Yād* *ləyād*: hand to hand (meaning 'assuredly')/join hands
*yinnāqeh*: will be unpunished/exempt/free
*rāʿ*: evil one/wicked one
*zeraʿ*: seed/offspring/descendants
*ṣaddîqîm*: righteous ones/just ones
*nimlāṭ*: is delivered/escapes/rescued

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 16:5 : 5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
Jer 32:39 : 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
Acts 2:39 : 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Ps 112:1-2 : 1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Prov 13:22 : 22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Exod 23:2 : 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
Ps 37:26 : 26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth{H8688)}; and his seed is blessed.
Isa 27:4 : 4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

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