Proverbs 21:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זֵ֣ד יָ֭הִיר לֵ֣ץ שְׁמ֑וֹ ע֝וֹשֶׂ֗ה בְּעֶבְרַ֥ת זָדֽוֹן

Transliteration

zēd yāhîr lēṣ šĕmô ʿôśeh in-ʿeḇrat zādôn

Grammar Details

• *zēd*: masculine singular adjective - proud/presumptuous
• *yāhîr*: masculine singular adjective - arrogant/haughty
• *lēṣ*: masculine singular noun - scoffer
• *šĕmô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his name
• *ʿôśeh*: qal participle masculine singular - acting/doing
• *ʿeḇrat*: construct feminine singular noun - overflow/wrath of
• *zādôn*: masculine singular noun - pride/arrogance

Word Meanings

• *zēd*: proud/presumptuous/insolent
• *yāhîr*: arrogant/haughty
• *lēṣ*: scoffer/mocker/scorner
• *ʿôśeh*: acting/doing/working
• *ʿeḇrat*: overflow/wrath/fury
• *zādôn*: pride/arrogance/insolence

Referenced Verses

• Ps 1:1 : 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
• Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
• Prov 6:17 : 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
• Prov 16:18 : 18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
• Prov 18:12 : 12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
• Prov 19:29 : 29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
• Eccl 7:8-9 : 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
• Isa 16:6 : 6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
• Jer 48:29 : 29 We have heard the pride of Moab,(he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
• Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
• Esth 3:5-6 : 5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. 6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.