Proverbs 20:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רָב־אָדָ֗ם יִ֭קְרָא אִ֣ישׁ חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְאִ֥ישׁ אֱ֝מוּנִ֗ים מִ֣י יִמְצָֽא׃

Transliteration

Many-ʾādām yiqrāʾ ʾîš ḥasdô but-ʾîš ʾĕmûnîm who yimṣāʾ

Grammar Details

*ʾādām*: noun, masculine singular - mankind/men
*yiqrāʾ*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will proclaim/call
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular construct - man of
*ḥasdô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his loyalty/kindness
*ʾĕmûnîm*: noun, masculine plural - faithfulness/trustworthiness
*yimṣāʾ*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will find

Word Meanings

*ʾādām*: mankind/men/people
*yiqrāʾ*: proclaims/calls/declares
*ʾîš*: man/person
*ḥasdô*: his loyalty/kindness/steadfast love
*ʾĕmûnîm*: faithfulness/trustworthiness/reliability
*yimṣāʾ*: will find/discover/come upon

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 12:1 : 1 To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Matt 6:2 : 2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Luke 18:8 : 8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Prov 25:14 : 14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Prov 27:2 : 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Eccl 7:28 : 28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
Jer 5:1 : 1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
Mic 7:2 : 2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
Luke 18:28 : 28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
Luke 22:33 : 33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.
John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

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