Proverbs 2:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּ֭רְשָׁעִים מֵאֶ֣רֶץ יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים יִסְּח֥וּ מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ פ

Transliteration

and-rəšāʿîm from-ʾеrеṣ yikkārēṯû and-ḇôḡəḏîm yissəḥû from-her

Grammar Details

• *rəšāʿîm*: adjective, masculine plural - wicked ones
• *ʾеrеṣ*: noun, feminine singular - land/earth
• *yikkārēṯû*: verb, niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will be cut off
• *ḇôḡəḏîm*: verb, qal participle masculine plural - treacherous ones
• *yissəḥû*: verb, niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will be uprooted

Word Meanings

• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil ones/wicked people
• *ʾеrеṣ*: land/earth/ground
• *yikkārēṯû*: be cut off/be destroyed/be removed
• *ḇôḡəḏîm*: treacherous ones/unfaithful ones/those dealing treacherously
• *yissəḥû*: be uprooted/be torn away/be plucked up

Referenced Verses

• Ps 52:5 : 5 God shall likewise destroy{H8799)} thee for ever, he shall take thee away{H8799)}, and pluck thee out{H8799)} of thy dwelling place, and root thee out{H8765)} of the land of the living. Selah.
• Ps 104:35 : 35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
• Ps 145:20 : 20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
• Prov 5:22-23 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. 23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
• Prov 10:30 : 30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
• Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
• Deut 7:22 : 22 And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.
• Deut 28:63-64 : 63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. 64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
• Job 18:16-18 : 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. 17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
• Job 21:30 : 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
• Ps 37:20 : 20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies{H8802)} of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume{H8804)}; into smoke shall they consume away{H8804)}.
• Ps 37:22 : 22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit{H8799)} the earth; and they that be cursed{H8794)} of him shall be cut off{H8735)}.
• Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh{H8799)} not his saints; they are preserved{H8738)} for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off{H8738)}.
• Ps 37:37-38 : 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold{H8798)} the upright: for the end of that man is peace. 38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed{H8738)} together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off{H8738)}.