Proverbs 15:29

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רָח֣וֹק יְ֭הוָה מֵרְשָׁעִ֑ים וּתְפִלַּ֖ת צַדִּיקִ֣ים יִשְׁמָֽע׃

Transliteration

Rāḥôq YHWH mērəšāʿîm ûtəp̄illat ṣaddîqîm yišmāʿ

Grammar Details

• *Rāḥôq*: adjective, masculine singular - far/distant
• YHWH: proper noun - divine name
• *mērəšāʿîm*: preposition + adjective, masculine plural - from wicked ones
• *ûtəp̄illat*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct - but prayer of
• *ṣaddîqîm*: adjective, masculine plural - righteous ones
• *yišmāʿ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he hears/listens to

Word Meanings

• *Rāḥôq YHWH*: far is YHWH/distant is the LORD
• *mērəšāʿîm*: from wicked/from evil ones
• *ûtəp̄illat ṣaddîqîm*: but prayer of righteous/yet supplication of just ones
• *yišmāʿ*: he hears/listens to/attends to

Referenced Verses

• John 9:31 : 31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
• Ps 145:18-19 : 18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
• Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
• 1 Pet 3:12 : 12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
• Eph 2:12-13 : 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
• Jas 5:16-18 : 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
• Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I regard{H8804)} iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear{H8799)} me: 19 But verily God hath heard{H8804)} me; he hath attended{H8689)} to the voice of my prayer.
• Rom 8:26-27 : 26 {G1161} Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
• Ps 34:15-17 : 15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. 16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
• Ps 138:6 : 6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
• Ps 73:27 : 27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish{H8799)}: thou hast destroyed{H8689)} all them that go a whoring{H8802)} from thee.
• Ps 10:1 : 1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
• Ps 18:41 : 41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
• Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
• Matt 25:46 : 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.