Proverbs 19:29

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נָכ֣וֹנוּ לַלֵּצִ֣ים שְׁפָטִ֑ים וּ֝מַהֲלֻמ֗וֹת לְגֵ֣ו כְסִילִֽים׃

Transliteration

nāḵōnū for lēṣîm šəpāṭîm and mahălumōt for gēw kəsîlîm.

Grammar Details

• *nāḵōnū*: verb, niphal perfect, 3rd plural - are prepared/established
• *lēṣîm*: noun, masculine plural - scoffers/mockers
• *šəpāṭîm*: noun, masculine plural - judgments/punishments
• *mahălumōt*: noun, feminine plural - blows/strokes
• *gēw*: noun, masculine singular construct - back of
• *kəsîlîm*: noun, masculine plural - fools/stupid ones

Word Meanings

• *nāḵōnū*: are prepared/established/ready
• *lēṣîm*: scoffers/mockers/scorners
• *šəpāṭîm*: judgments/punishments/penalties
• *mahălumōt*: blows/strokes/strikes
• *gēw*: back of/body of
• *kəsîlîm*: fools/stupid ones/dull persons

Referenced Verses

• Prov 26:3 : 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
• Prov 10:13 : 13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
• Prov 9:12 : 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
• Prov 17:10 : 10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
• Prov 18:6 : 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
• Prov 3:34 : 34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
• Prov 7:22 : 22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
• Isa 28:22 : 22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
• Isa 29:20 : 20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
• Acts 13:40-41 : 40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; 41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
• Heb 12:6 : 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
• 2 Pet 3:3-7 : 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.