Proverbs 16:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַשְׂכִּ֣יל עַל־דָּ֭בָר יִמְצָא־ט֑וֹב וּבוֹטֵ֖חַ בַּיהוָ֣ה אַשְׁרָֽיו׃

Transliteration

maśkîl on-dāḇār yimṣāʾ-ṭôḇ and-bôṭēaḥ in-YHWH ʾašrāyw

Grammar Details

• *maśkîl*: verb, Hiphil participle, masculine singular - acting wisely/giving attention to
• *ʿal*: preposition - on/to
• *dāḇār*: noun, masculine, singular - word/matter/thing
• *yimṣāʾ*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will find
• *ṭôḇ*: noun, masculine, singular - good/goodness
• *wᵉ*: conjunction - and
• *bôṭēaḥ*: verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - trusting
• *bᵉ*: preposition - in
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ʾašrāyw*: noun, masculine, plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his happiness/blessedness

Word Meanings

• *maśkîl*: acting wisely with/giving attention to/being prudent regarding
• *dāḇār*: word/matter/thing
• *ʾašrāyw*: his happiness/blessed is he/how fortunate he is

Referenced Verses

• Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
• Prov 19:8 : 8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
• Ps 34:8 : 8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
• Prov 13:15 : 15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
• Prov 17:2 : 2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
• Gen 41:38-40 : 38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? 39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: 40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
• 1 Chr 5:20 : 20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.
• Ps 125:1 : 1 A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
• Ps 146:5 : 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
• Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
• Prov 22:19-20 : 19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
• Prov 24:3-5 : 3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: 4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
• Isa 26:3-4 : 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
• Isa 30:18 : 18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
• Jer 17:7-8 : 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
• Dan 1:19-21 : 19 And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king. 20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm. 21 And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.
• Dan 3:28 : 28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
• Dan 6:23 : 23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
• Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
• Eph 1:12-13 : 12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,