Proverbs 18:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תַּחֲנוּנִ֥ים יְדַבֶּר־רָ֑שׁ וְ֝עָשִׁ֗יר יַעֲנֶ֥ה עַזּֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

taḥănûnîm yəḏabber-rāš and-ʿāšîr yaʿăneh ʿazzôṯ

Grammar Details

• *taḥănûnîm*: noun, masculine plural - supplications/pleas/entreaties
• *yəḏabber*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - speaks
• *rāš*: noun, masculine singular - poor person/pauper
• *ʿāšîr*: noun/adjective, masculine singular - rich person/wealthy
• *yaʿăneh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - answers/responds
• *ʿazzôṯ*: adjective, feminine plural - harsh things/fierce things

Word Meanings

• *taḥănûnîm*: supplications/pleas/entreaties/appeals
• *yəḏabber*: speaks/says/utters
• *rāš*: poor person/pauper/needy one
• *ʿāšîr*: rich person/wealthy person
• *yaʿăneh*: answers/responds/replies
• *ʿazzôṯ*: harsh things/fierce things/rudely/roughly

Referenced Verses

• Jas 2:3 : 3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
• Jas 2:6 : 6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
• Gen 42:7 : 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
• Gen 42:30 : 30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
• Exod 5:2 : 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
• Ruth 2:7 : 7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
• 1 Sam 2:36 : 36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
• 1 Sam 25:10 : 10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
• 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
• 2 Kgs 4:1-2 : 1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. 2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
• Isa 66:2 : 2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
• Matt 5:3 : 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Jas 1:9-9 : 9 {G1161} Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: 10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. 11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.