Proverbs 29:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּפֶ֤שַֽׁע אִ֣ישׁ רָ֣ע מוֹקֵ֑שׁ וְ֝צַדִּ֗יק יָר֥וּן וְשָׂמֵֽחַ׃

Transliteration

bə-pešaʿ ʾîš rāʿ môqēš wə-ṣaddîq yārûn wə-śāmēaḥ

Grammar Details

• *bə*: preposition - in/by
• *pešaʿ*: noun, masculine singular - transgression/rebellion
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular construct - man of
• *rāʿ*: adjective, masculine singular - evil/wicked
• *môqēš*: noun, masculine singular - snare/trap
• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *ṣaddîq*: adjective/substantive, masculine singular - righteous one
• *yārûn*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - sings/rejoices
• *śāmēaḥ*: adjective, masculine singular - glad/joyful

Word Meanings

• *bə-pešaʿ*: in transgression of/by sin of
• *ʾîš rāʿ*: evil man/wicked person
• *môqēš*: snare/trap/is a trap
• *yārûn*: sings/rejoices/shouts
• *wə-śāmēaḥ*: and is glad/and rejoices

Referenced Verses

• Exod 15:1 : 1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
• Job 18:7-9 : 7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. 9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. 10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
• Ps 11:6 : 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
• Ps 97:11 : 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
• Ps 118:15 : 15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
• Ps 132:16 : 16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
• Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
• Prov 11:5-6 : 5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
• Prov 12:13 : 13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
• Eccl 9:12 : 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
• Rom 5:2-3 : 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
• 2 Tim 2:26 : 26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
• Jas 1:2 : 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
• 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
• 1 John 1:4 : 4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
• Isa 8:14-15 : 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.