Proverbs 8:36

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְֽ֭חֹטְאִי חֹמֵ֣ס נַפְשׁ֑וֹ כָּל־מְ֝שַׂנְאַ֗י אָ֣הֲבוּ מָֽוֶת׃ פ

Transliteration

And-ḥōṭᵊʾî ḥōmēs napšô, all-mᵊśanʾay ʾāhăbû māwet

Grammar Details

• *ḥōṭᵊʾî*: qal participle masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - one who sins against me
• *ḥōmēs*: qal participle masculine singular - injuring/violating
• *napšô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul
• *mᵊśanʾay*: piel participle masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - those who hate me
• *ʾāhăbû*: qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they love
• *māwet*: masculine singular noun - death

Word Meanings

• *ḥōṭᵊʾî*: one who sins against me/one who misses me
• *ḥōmēs*: injuring/violating/wronging
• *napšô*: his soul/self/life/being
• *mᵊśanʾay*: those who hate me/my haters
• *ʾāhăbû*: they love/cherish/prefer
• *māwet*: death/dying/realm of death

Referenced Verses

• Prov 15:32 : 32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
• Prov 20:2 : 2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
• Prov 1:31 : 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
• Prov 5:11-12 : 11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
• Prov 5:22-23 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. 23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
• Prov 12:1 : 1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
• Prov 21:6 : 6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
• Ezek 18:31 : 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
• Ezek 33:11 : 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
• John 3:19-20 : 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
• John 15:23-24 : 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
• Acts 13:46 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
• 1 Cor 16:22 : 22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
• Heb 2:3 : 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
• Heb 10:29 : 29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?