Proverbs 21:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָדָ֗ם תּ֖וֹעֶה מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ הַשְׂכֵּ֑ל בִּקְהַ֖ל רְפָאִ֣ים יָנֽוּחַ

Transliteration

ʾādām tôʿeh from-dereḵ haśkēl in-qĕhal rĕp̄āʾîm yānûaḥ

Grammar Details

• *ʾādām*: masculine singular noun - man/person
• *tôʿeh*: qal participle masculine singular - wandering
• *dereḵ*: construct singular noun - way of
• *haśkēl*: hiphil infinitive construct - understanding
• *qĕhal*: construct masculine singular noun - assembly of
• *rĕp̄āʾîm*: masculine plural noun - dead/shades
• *yānûaḥ*: 3rd masculine singular qal imperfect - he will rest

Word Meanings

• *ʾādām*: man/person/human
• *tôʿeh*: wandering/straying/going astray
• *dereḵ*: way/path/road
• *haśkēl*: understanding/insight/prudence
• *qĕhal*: assembly/congregation/gathering
• *rĕp̄āʾîm*: dead ones/shades/departed spirits
• *yānûaḥ*: will rest/will settle/will remain

Referenced Verses

• Ps 49:14 : 14 Like sheep they are laid{H8804)} in the grave; death shall feed{H8799)} on them; and the upright shall have dominion{H8799)} over them in the morning; and their beauty{H8675)} shall consume{H8763)} in the grave from their dwelling.
• Ps 125:5 : 5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
• Prov 2:18-19 : 18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
• Prov 7:26-27 : 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. 27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
• Prov 9:18 : 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
• Prov 13:20 : 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
• Zeph 1:6 : 6 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
• John 3:19-20 : 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
• Eph 2:1 : 1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
• Heb 6:4-6 : 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
• Heb 10:26-27 : 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
• Heb 10:38 : 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
• 2 Pet 2:21-22 : 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
• 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
• Jude 1:12 : 12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;