Proverbs 21:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִ֣ישׁ מַ֭חְסוֹר אֹהֵ֣ב שִׂמְחָ֑ה אֹהֵ֥ב יַֽיִן־וָ֝שֶׁ֗מֶן לֹ֣א יַעֲשִֽׁיר

Transliteration

ʾîš maḥsôr ʾōhēḇ śimḥāh ʾōhēḇ yayin-and-šemen not yaʿăšîr

Grammar Details

• *ʾîš*: construct masculine singular noun - man of
• *maḥsôr*: masculine singular noun - lack/need
• *ʾōhēḇ*: qal participle masculine singular - loving
• *śimḥāh*: feminine singular noun - joy
• *yayin*: masculine singular noun - wine
• *šemen*: masculine singular noun - oil
• *yaʿăšîr*: 3rd masculine singular hiphil imperfect - he will become rich

Word Meanings

• *ʾîš*: man/person
• *maḥsôr*: lack/need/poverty/want
• *ʾōhēḇ*: loving/one who loves
• *śimḥāh*: joy/pleasure/gladness
• *yayin*: wine
• *šemen*: oil/fat/richness
• *yaʿăšîr*: will become rich/will gain wealth

Referenced Verses

• Prov 23:21 : 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
• Prov 21:20 : 20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
• Prov 5:10-11 : 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; 11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
• Luke 15:13-16 : 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
• Luke 16:24-25 : 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
• 1 Tim 5:6 : 6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
• 2 Tim 3:4 : 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;