Proverbs 3:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּ֭נִי אַל־יָלֻ֣זוּ מֵעֵינֶ֑יךָ נְצֹ֥ר תֻּ֝שִׁיָּ֗ה וּמְזִמָּֽה׃

Transliteration

bənî not-yāluzû from-ʿênekā nəṣōr tušiyyāh and-məzimmāh

Grammar Details

• *bənî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my son
• *yāluzû*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural jussive - let them depart
• *ʿênekā*: noun, feminine dual construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyes
• *nəṣōr*: verb, qal imperative masculine singular - keep/guard
• *tušiyyāh*: noun, feminine singular - sound wisdom
• *məzimmāh*: noun, feminine singular - discretion/planning

Word Meanings

• *yāluzû*: depart/turn aside/deviate
• *ʿênekā*: eyes/sight/perception
• *nəṣōr*: keep/guard/protect/preserve
• *tušiyyāh*: sound wisdom/effective wisdom/success
• *məzimmāh*: discretion/planning/thoughtfulness

Referenced Verses

• Josh 1:8 : 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
• Deut 6:6-9 : 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
• Deut 32:46-47 : 46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. 47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
• Prov 4:21 : 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
• Heb 2:1-3 : 1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. 2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
• Deut 4:9 : 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
• 1 John 2:24 : 24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
• 1 John 2:27 : 27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
• John 8:31 : 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
• John 15:6-7 : 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
• Prov 2:7 : 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
• Prov 3:1-3 : 1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: 2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: