Proverbs 30:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תּ֥וֹסְףְּ עַל־דְּבָרָ֑יו פֶּן־יוֹכִ֖יחַ בְּךָ֣ וְנִכְזָֽבְתָּ׃ פ

Transliteration

ʾal-tôsep ʿal-debārāyw pen-yôkîaḥ bekā weniḵzābtā

Grammar Details

*ʾal*: negative particle for prohibitions - do not
*tôsep*: hiphil imperfect, second masculine singular jussive - add
*ʿal*: preposition - to/upon
*debārāyw*: masculine plural noun + third person masculine singular suffix - his words
*pen*: conjunction - lest
*yôkîaḥ*: hiphil imperfect, third masculine singular - he will reprove/rebuke
*bekā*: preposition + second person masculine singular suffix - in you
*weniḵzābtā*: conjunction + niphal perfect, second masculine singular - and you will be proven a liar

Word Meanings

*yôkîaḥ*: reprove/rebuke/correct/prove wrong/argue with
*weniḵzābtā*: and you will be proven a liar/shown to be false

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 4:2 : 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
Deut 12:32 : 32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Rev 22:18-19 : 18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Job 13:7-9 : 7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? 8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God? 9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
1 Cor 15:15 : 15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

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