Proverbs 2:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָ֗ז תָּ֭בִין צֶ֣דֶק וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝מֵישָׁרִ֗ים כָּל־מַעְגַּל־טֽוֹב׃

Transliteration

then tāḇîn ṣеḏеq and-mišpāṭ and-mêšārîm all-maʿgal-ṭôḇ

Grammar Details

• *tāḇîn*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will understand
• *ṣеḏеq*: noun, masculine singular - righteousness
• *mišpāṭ*: noun, masculine singular - justice/judgment
• *mêšārîm*: noun, masculine plural - equity/uprightness
• *maʿgal*: noun, masculine singular construct - path/track
• *ṭôḇ*: adjective, masculine singular - good

Word Meanings

• *tāḇîn*: understand/discern/perceive
• *ṣеḏеq*: righteousness/rightness/what is right
• *mišpāṭ*: justice/judgment/right
• *mêšārîm*: equity/uprightness/straightness
• *maʿgal*: path/track/way
• *ṭôḇ*: good/pleasant/agreeable

Referenced Verses

• Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
• Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
• Ps 119:99 : 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
• Ps 119:105 : 105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
• Ps 143:8-9 : 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. 9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. 10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
• Prov 1:2-6 : 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; 4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. 5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: 6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
• Isa 35:8 : 8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
• Isa 48:17 : 17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
• Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
• Matt 7:13-14 : 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
• John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.