Proverbs 12:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹא־יְאֻנֶּ֣ה לַצַּדִּ֣יק כָּל־אָ֑וֶן וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗ים מָ֣לְאוּ רָֽע׃

Transliteration

lōʾ-yəʾunneh laṣṣaddîq kāl-ʾāwen ûrəšāʿîm mālʾû rāʿ

Grammar Details

• *lōʾ*: negative particle - no/not
• *yəʾunneh*: verb, pual imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will be allowed to happen
• *laṣṣaddîq*: preposition + article + adjective, masculine singular - to the righteous
• *kāl*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of
• *ʾāwen*: noun, masculine singular - iniquity/trouble
• *ûrəšāʿîm*: conjunction + adjective, masculine plural - and wicked ones
• *mālʾû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are filled with
• *rāʿ*: adjective, masculine singular - evil

Word Meanings

• *yəʾunneh*: will be allowed to happen/will befall/will be inflicted
• *ṣaddîq*: righteous one/just person
• *ʾāwen*: iniquity/trouble/calamity/harm
• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil ones
• *mālʾû*: they are filled with/are full of
• *rāʿ*: evil/harm/trouble

Referenced Verses

• Ps 91:10 : 10 There shall no evil befall{H8792)} thee, neither shall any plague come nigh{H8799)} thy dwelling.
• 1 Pet 3:13 : 13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
• Rev 18:6 : 6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
• Jer 13:12-14 : 12 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? 13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. 14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
• Hab 2:16 : 16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
• Rom 8:28 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
• 1 Cor 3:22-23 : 22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
• 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
• Prov 1:31 : 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
• Prov 14:14 : 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.