Proverbs 4:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י לֹ֣א יִֽ֭שְׁנוּ אִם־לֹ֣א יָרֵ֑עוּ וְֽנִגְזְלָ֥ה שְׁ֝נָתָ֗ם אִם־לֹ֥א *יכשולו **יַכְשִֽׁילוּ׃

Transliteration

kî lōʾ yîšənû ʾim-lōʾ yārēʿû wənigzəlâ šənātām ʾim-lōʾ yakšîlû

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yîšənû*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural, qal - they sleep
*ʾim-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - if not/unless
*yārēʿû*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural, hiphil - they do evil
*wənigzəlâ*: conjunction + perfect, 3rd person feminine singular, niphal - and is robbed/taken away
*šənātām*: feminine singular noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their sleep
*yakšîlû*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural, hiphil - they cause to stumble

Word Meanings

*yîšənû*: sleep/slumber
*yārēʿû*: do evil/harm/wrong
*nigzəlâ*: is robbed/taken away/snatched
*yakšîlû*: cause to stumble/make fall/bring down

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 36:4 : 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth{H8691)} himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth{H8799)} not evil.
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.
Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Isa 57:20 : 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
2 Pet 2:14 : 14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
Luke 22:66 : 66 And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
John 18:28 : 28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.

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