Proverbs 20:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גַּ֣ם בְּ֭מַעֲלָלָיו יִתְנַכֶּר־נָ֑עַר אִם־זַ֖ךְ וְאִם־יָשָׁ֣ר פָּעֳלֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

Also in-maʿalālāyw yitnakker-nāʿar if-zak and-if-yāšār pāʿolô

Grammar Details

*maʿalālāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his deeds/actions
*yitnakker*: verb, Hithpael imperfect 3rd masculine singular - makes himself known
*nāʿar*: noun, masculine singular - youth/child/boy
*zak*: adjective, masculine singular - pure
*yāšār*: adjective, masculine singular - upright/straight
*pāʿolô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his work/deed

Word Meanings

*maʿalālāyw*: his deeds/actions/practices
*yitnakker*: makes himself known/is recognized/is discerned
*nāʿar*: youth/child/boy/young person
*zak*: pure/clean/innocent
*yāšār*: upright/straight/right
*pāʿolô*: his work/deed/conduct

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Matt 7:16 : 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Prov 21:8 : 8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
Prov 22:15 : 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Ps 51:5 : 5 Behold, I was shapen{H8797)} in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive{H8765)} me.
Ps 58:3 : 3 The wicked are estranged{H8804)} from the womb: they go astray{H8804)} as soon as they be born, speaking{H8802)} lies.
Luke 6:43-44 : 43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
Luke 1:15 : 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
Luke 1:66 : 66 And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
Luke 2:46-47 : 46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. 47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

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