Proverbs 24:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תֶּאֱרֹ֣ב רָ֭שָׁע לִנְוֵ֣ה צַדִּ֑יק אַֽל־תְּשַׁדֵּ֥ד רִבְצוֹ׃

Transliteration

Not-teʾěrōb rāšāʿ to-nəwêh ṣaddîq not-təšaddēd ribṣô

Grammar Details

• *teʾěrōb*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - lie in wait
• *rāšāʿ*: masculine singular adjective - wicked
• *nəwêh*: masculine singular construct - dwelling of
• *ṣaddîq*: masculine singular adjective - righteous
• *təšaddēd*: Piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - destroy/devastate
• *ribṣô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his resting place

Word Meanings

• *teʾěrōb*: lie in wait/ambush/set a trap
• *nəwêh*: dwelling/habitation/pasture
• *təšaddēd*: destroy/devastate/ruin
• *ribṣô*: his resting place/his dwelling/his lair

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 9:11 : 11 And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
• 1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
• 1 Sam 23:20-23 : 20 Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand. 21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me. 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly. 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
• Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. 9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. 10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
• Ps 37:32 : 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh{H8764)} to slay{H8687)} him.
• Ps 56:6 : 6 They gather themselves together{H8799)}, they hide{H8799)}{H8675)}{H8686)} themselves, they mark{H8799)} my steps, when they wait{H8765)} for my soul.
• Ps 59:3 : 3 For, lo, they lie in wait{H8804)} for my soul: the mighty are gathered{H8799)} against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
• Ps 140:5 : 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
• Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
• Prov 22:28 : 28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
• Isa 32:18 : 18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
• Jer 11:19 : 19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
• Matt 26:4 : 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
• Acts 9:24 : 24 But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
• Acts 23:16 : 16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
• Acts 25:3 : 3 And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.