Proverbs 26:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רָאִ֗יתָ אִ֭ישׁ חָכָ֣ם בְּעֵינָ֑יו תִּקְוָ֖ה לִכְסִ֣יל מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

Transliteration

Ra'ita ish ḥakham in-einav; tiqvah for-kesil more-than-him.

Grammar Details

• *ra'ita*: verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have seen
• *ish*: noun, masculine, singular - man
• *ḥakham*: adjective, masculine, singular - wise
• *be*: preposition - in
• *einav*: noun, feminine, dual with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his eyes
• *tiqvah*: noun, feminine, singular - hope
• *li*: preposition - for
• *kesil*: noun, masculine, singular - fool
• *mimmennu*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - more than him/from him

Word Meanings

• *ra'ita*: you have seen/you see/do you see
• *ish*: man/person
• *ḥakham*: wise/skilled
• *einav*: his eyes/his opinion
• *tiqvah*: hope/expectation
• *kesil*: fool/stupid person
• *mimmennu*: from him/more than him

Referenced Verses

• Prov 29:20 : 20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
• Matt 21:31 : 31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
• Prov 26:5 : 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
• Rom 12:16 : 16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
• 1 Cor 3:18-19 : 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
• Prov 28:11 : 11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
• 2 Cor 8:1-2 : 1 Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; 2 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
• Rev 3:17 : 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
• Prov 26:16 : 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
• Prov 3:7 : 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
• Prov 22:29 : 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
• Luke 7:44 : 44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
• Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.