Proverbs 16:29

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִ֣ישׁ חָ֭מָס יְפַתֶּ֣ה רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְ֝הוֹלִיכ֗וֹ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ לֹא־טֽוֹב׃

Transliteration

ʾîš ḥāmās yᵉpatteh rēʿēhû and-hôlîkô in-derek not-ṭôḇ

Grammar Details

• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine, singular construct - man of
• *ḥāmās*: noun, masculine, singular - violence/wrong
• *yᵉpatteh*: verb, Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - entices/deceives/seduces
• *rēʿēhû*: noun, masculine, singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his neighbor/friend
• *wᵉ*: conjunction - and
• *hôlîkô*: verb, Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - leads him
• *bᵉ*: preposition - in/on
• *derek*: noun, feminine, singular - way/path/road
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *ṭôḇ*: adjective, masculine, singular - good

Word Meanings

• *ʾîš ḥāmās*: man of violence/violent person
• *yᵉpatteh*: entices/deceives/persuades/seduces
• *derek lōʾ-ṭôḇ*: way not good/bad path/evil road

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 19:11 : 11 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
• 1 Sam 19:17 : 17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
• 1 Sam 22:7-9 : 7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds; 8 That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? 9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
• 1 Sam 23:19-21 : 19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? 20 Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand. 21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
• Neh 6:13 : 13 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
• Prov 1:10-14 : 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
• Prov 2:12-15 : 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
• Prov 3:31 : 31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
• Prov 12:26 : 26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
• 2 Pet 3:17 : 17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.