Proverbs 16:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קֶ֤סֶם ׀ עַֽל־שִׂפְתֵי־מֶ֑לֶךְ בְּ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט לֹ֣א יִמְעַל־פִּֽיו׃

Transliteration

qesem on-śiptê-melek in-mišpāṭ not yimʿal-pîw

Grammar Details

• *qesem*: noun, masculine, singular - divination/oracle/decision
• *ʿal*: preposition - on/upon
• *śiptê*: noun, feminine, dual construct - lips of
• *melek*: noun, masculine, singular - king
• *bᵉ*: preposition - in/with
• *mišpāṭ*: noun, masculine, singular - justice/judgment
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yimʿal*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - acts unfaithfully/betrays/deals treacherously
• *pîw*: noun, masculine, singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mouth

Word Meanings

• *qesem*: divination/oracle/decision/pronouncement
• *yimʿal*: acts unfaithfully/betrays/deals treacherously

Referenced Verses

• Isa 32:1-2 : 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. 2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
• Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
• Hos 10:4 : 4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
• Amos 5:7 : 7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
• Amos 6:12 : 12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
• Gen 44:5 : 5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
• Gen 44:15 : 15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
• Deut 17:18-20 : 18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: 20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
• 2 Sam 23:3-4 : 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
• 1 Kgs 3:28 : 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.
• Ps 45:6-7 : 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 7 Thou lovest{H8804)} righteousness, and hatest{H8799)} wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed{H8804)} thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
• Ps 72:1-4 : 1 A Psalm for Solomon. Give{H8798)} the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. 2 He shall judge{H8799)} thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. 3 The mountains shall bring{H8799)} peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. 4 He shall judge{H8799)} the poor of the people, he shall save{H8686)} the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces{H8762)} the oppressor{H8802)}.
• Ps 99:4 : 4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
• Prov 16:12-13 : 12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. 13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.