Proverbs 8:35

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י מֹ֭צְאִי *מצאי **מָצָ֣א חַיִּ֑ים וַיָּ֥פֶק רָ֝צ֗וֹן מֵיְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

For mōṣᵊʾî māṣāʾ ḥayyîm, and-yāpeq rāṣôn from-YHWH

Grammar Details

*mōṣᵊʾî*: qal participle masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - one who finds me
*māṣāʾ*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he finds/has found
*ḥayyîm*: masculine plural noun - life
*yāpeq*: hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he obtains/gets
*rāṣôn*: masculine singular noun - favor/acceptance
*YHWH*: proper name - LORD

Word Meanings

*mōṣᵊʾî*: one who finds me/my finder
*māṣāʾ*: he finds/has found/obtains
*ḥayyîm*: life/living/vitality
*yāpeq*: he obtains/gets/receives
*rāṣôn*: favor/acceptance/goodwill/pleasure

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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

Prov 12:2 : 2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Col 3:3 : 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
1 John 5:11-12 : 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
Prov 1:33 : 33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Prov 3:13-18 : 13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. 14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Prov 4:22 : 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
John 3:16 : 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:36 : 36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way , the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 17:3 : 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Phil 3:8 : 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Eph 1:6 : 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

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