Proverbs 8:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲ֭נִי *אהביה **אֹהֲבַ֣י אֵהָ֑ב וּ֝מְשַׁחֲרַ֗י יִמְצָאֻֽנְנִי׃

Transliteration

I ʾōhăbay ʾēhāb, and-mᵊšaḥăray yimṣāʾûnᵊnî

Grammar Details

*ʾōhăbay*: qal participle masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - those who love me
*ʾēhāb*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I love
*mᵊšaḥăray*: piel participle masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - those who seek me early/diligently
*yimṣāʾûnᵊnî*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - they find me

Word Meanings

*ʾōhăbay*: those who love me/my lovers
*ʾēhāb*: I love/I show affection
*mᵊšaḥăray*: those who seek me early/diligently/earnestly
*yimṣāʾûnᵊnî*: they find me/discover me/obtain me

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

John 14:21 : 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Ps 91:14 : 14 Because he hath set his love{H8804)} upon me, therefore will I deliver{H8762)} him: I will set him on high{H8762)}, because he hath known{H8804)} my name.
John 14:23 : 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
Jas 1:5 : 5 {G1161} If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
1 John 4:19 : 19 We love him, because he first loved us.
Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
John 16:27 : 27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Mark 10:14 : 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Prov 1:28 : 28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

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