Proverbs 4:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֹ֣רַח צַ֭דִּיקִים כְּא֣וֹר נֹ֑גַהּ הוֹלֵ֥ךְ וָ֝א֗וֹר עַד־נְכ֥וֹן הַיּֽוֹם׃

Transliteration

wəʾōraḥ ṣaddîqîm kəʾôr nōgah hôlēk wāʾôr ʿad-nəkôn hayyôm

Grammar Details

• *wəʾōraḥ*: conjunction + masculine singular construct noun - but path of
• *ṣaddîqîm*: masculine plural noun - righteous ones
• *kəʾôr*: preposition + masculine singular construct noun - like light of
• *nōgah*: masculine singular noun - brightness/dawn
• *hôlēk*: participle, masculine singular, qal - going/walking
• *wāʾôr*: conjunction + masculine singular, absolute noun - and shining
• *ʿad-nəkôn*: preposition + niphal infinitive construct - until establishment of
• *hayyôm*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the day

Word Meanings

• *ʾōraḥ*: path/way/trail
• *ṣaddîqîm*: righteous ones/just ones/those in right relationship
• *nōgah*: brightness/dawn/radiance/light
• *hôlēk*: going/walking/proceeding
• *wāʾôr*: and shining/and becoming bright
• *nəkôn*: establishment/being established/firmness

Referenced Verses

• Job 11:17 : 17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
• Phil 2:15 : 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
• 2 Sam 23:4 : 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
• John 8:12 : 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• Ps 84:7 : 7 They go{H8799)} from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth{H8735)} before God.
• Dan 12:3 : 3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
• Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
• 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
• 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
• Matt 5:14 : 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
• Matt 5:16 : 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
• Isa 26:7 : 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
• Job 23:10 : 10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
• Matt 5:45 : 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
• Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
• 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
• Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
• Zech 14:6-7 : 6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: 7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.