Proverbs 16:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּ֤ל פָּעַ֣ל יְ֭הוָה לַֽמַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ וְגַם־רָ֝שָׁ֗ע לְי֣וֹם רָעָֽה׃

Transliteration

All pāʿal YHWH for-maʿănēhû and also-rāšāʿ for-yôm rāʿāh

Grammar Details

*kōl*: noun, masculine, singular - all/everything
*pāʿal*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he made/worked/accomplished
*YHWH*: divine name
*lᵉ*: preposition - for/to
*maʿănēhû*: noun, masculine, singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his purpose/answer/response
*wᵉ*: conjunction - and
*gam*: particle - also/even
*rāšāʿ*: adjective, masculine, singular - wicked person/evil one
*yôm*: noun, masculine, singular - day
*rāʿāh*: noun, feminine, singular - evil/disaster/calamity

Word Meanings

*maʿănēhû*: his purpose/his own ends/his response
*rāʿāh*: evil/disaster/calamity/trouble

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Rom 9:22 : 22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
1 Pet 2:8 : 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
Isa 43:21 : 21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
Isa 43:7 : 7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Rom 11:36 : 36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
2 Pet 2:9 : 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Rev 4:11 : 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
Job 21:30 : 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

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