Proverbs 2:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־יְ֭הוָה יִתֵּ֣ן חָכְמָ֑ה מִ֝פִּ֗יו דַּ֣עַת וּתְבוּנָֽה׃

Transliteration

for-YHWH yittēn ḥāḵmāh from-pîw daʿaṯ and-təḇûnāh

Grammar Details

• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/the LORD
• *yittēn*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will give
• *ḥāḵmāh*: noun, feminine singular - wisdom
• *pîw*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his mouth
• *daʿaṯ*: noun, feminine singular - knowledge
• *təḇûnāh*: noun, feminine singular - understanding

Word Meanings

• *yittēn*: give/provide/bestow
• *ḥāḵmāh*: wisdom/skill/intelligence
• *daʿaṯ*: knowledge/understanding/perception
• *təḇûnāh*: understanding/insight/discernment

Referenced Verses

• Jas 1:5 : 5 {G1161} If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
• Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
• 1 Kgs 3:12 : 12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
• Job 32:8 : 8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
• Ps 19:7 : 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
• Ps 119:98 : 98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
• Ps 119:104 : 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
• 1 Kgs 3:9 : 9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
• John 6:45 : 45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
• Eph 1:17-18 : 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
• Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
• Isa 54:13 : 13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
• Dan 1:17 : 17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
• Dan 2:21 : 21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
• Dan 2:23 : 23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.
• Luke 21:15 : 15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
• Exod 31:3 : 3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
• 1 Kgs 4:29 : 29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
• 1 Chr 22:12 : 12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.
• Prov 6:23 : 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
• Prov 8:5-9 : 5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. 6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. 7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. 8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. 9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.