Proverbs 22:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עָר֤וּם ׀ רָאָ֣ה רָעָ֣ה *ויסתר **וְנִסְתָּ֑ר וּ֝פְתָיִ֗ים עָבְר֥וּ וְֽנֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ׃

Transliteration

'ārûm rā'āh rā'āh and nisTār, and pĕTāyîm 'ābrû and ne'ĕnāšû.

Grammar Details

• *'ārûm*: adjective used as noun, masculine singular - shrewd/prudent person
• *rā'āh*: noun, feminine singular - evil/calamity/distress
• *nisTār*: verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he is hidden/he hides himself
• *pĕTāyîm*: noun, masculine plural - simple ones/naive ones
• *'ābrû*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they pass on/they proceed
• *ne'ĕnāšû*: verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - they are punished/they are fined

Word Meanings

• *'ārûm*: prudent/shrewd/crafty person
• *rā'āh*: evil/calamity/misfortune/disaster
• *nisTār*: hides himself/takes cover/conceals himself
• *pĕTāyîm*: simple ones/naive ones/inexperienced persons
• *'ābrû*: go on/proceed forward/pass through
• *ne'ĕnāšû*: are punished/suffer penalty/pay the price

Referenced Verses

• Prov 14:16 : 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
• Prov 27:12 : 12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
• Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
• Prov 7:7 : 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
• 1 Thess 5:2-6 : 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
• Heb 6:18 : 18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
• Prov 7:22-23 : 22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
• Prov 9:16-18 : 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
• Prov 29:1 : 1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
• Isa 26:20-21 : 20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. 21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
• Matt 24:15-18 : 15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place,(whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18 {G2532} Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
• Exod 9:20-21 : 20 He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: 21 And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.