Proverbs 11:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

צִדְקַ֣ת יְ֭שָׁרִים תַּצִּילֵ֑ם וּ֝בְהַוַּ֗ת בֹּגְדִ֥ים יִלָּכֵֽדוּ׃

Transliteration

Ṣidqat yəšārîm taṣṣîlēm ûbəhawwat bōgədîm yillākēdû.

Grammar Details

• *Ṣidqat*: construct feminine singular noun - righteousness of
• *yəšārîm*: masculine plural adjective - upright ones
• *taṣṣîlēm*: verb Hiphil imperfect 3rd feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - delivers them
• *ûbəhawwat*: conjunction + preposition + feminine singular construct noun - and in desire/craving of
• *bōgədîm*: masculine plural participle - treacherous ones
• *yillākēdû*: verb Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they are caught/trapped

Word Meanings

• *Ṣidqat*: righteousness/justice
• *yəšārîm*: upright/straight/just ones
• *taṣṣîlēm*: delivers/rescues/saves them
• *hawwat*: desire/craving/destruction/calamity
• *bōgədîm*: treacherous ones/betrayers/unfaithful ones
• *yillākēdû*: they are caught/trapped/ensnared

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 10:8 : 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
• 1 Kgs 2:44 : 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
• Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
• Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
• 1 Sam 12:3-4 : 3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. 4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
• 1 Kgs 2:32-33 : 32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. 33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
• Gen 30:33 : 33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
• Gen 31:37 : 37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.