Proverbs 3:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תִּמְנַע־ט֥וֹב מִבְּעָלָ֑יו בִּהְי֨וֹת לְאֵ֖ל *ידיך **יָדְךָ֣ לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃

Transliteration

Not-timnaʿ-ṭôb from-bəʿālāyw in-bihyôt to-ʾēl yādəkā to-laʿăśôt

Grammar Details

*timnaʿ*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular jussive - may you withhold
*ṭôb*: adjective, masculine singular - good
*bəʿālāyw*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its owners
*bihyôt*: preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - in being/when it is
*ʾēl*: preposition - to/toward/regarding
*yādəkā*: noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your hand
*laʿăśôt*: preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to do

Word Meanings

*timnaʿ*: withhold/keep back/restrain
*ṭôb*: good/goodness/benefit
*bəʿālāyw*: owners/masters/those entitled to it
*ʾēl*: power/might/strength
*yādəkā*: hand/power/ability
*laʿăśôt*: to do/to make/to accomplish

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gal 6:10 : 10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Jas 2:15-16 : 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Rom 13:7 : 7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Gen 31:29 : 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

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