Proverbs 10:16 Go deeper

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

פְּעֻלַּ֣תpe.'u.Lat[the] reward of

Lemma: פְּעֻלָּה (pe.ul.lah) · Strong's: H6468

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: wages

Used 14 times. Also: Leviticus 19:13, 2 Chronicles 15:7, Psalms 17:4, Psalms 28:5, Psalms 109:20, Proverbs 11:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6468; TAHOT Proverbs 10:16 word 1

צַדִּ֣יקtza.Dik[the] righteous

Lemma: צַדִּיק (tsad.diq) · Strong's: H6662

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: righteous

Used 206 times. Also: Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 18:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6662; TAHOT Proverbs 10:16 word 2

לְחַיִּ֑יםle.chai.Yim[is] <to> life

Lemma: חַיִּים (chay.yim) · Strong's: H2416E

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: life

Used 143 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 3:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2416E; TAHOT Proverbs 10:16 word 3

תְּבוּאַ֖תte.vu.'At[the] yield of

Lemma: תְּבוּאָה (te.vu.ah) · Strong's: H8393

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: produce

Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 47:24, Exodus 23:10, Leviticus 19:25, Leviticus 23:39, Leviticus 25:3, Leviticus 25:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8393; TAHOT Proverbs 10:16 word 4

רָשָׁ֣עra.Sha'[the] wicked

Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: wicked

Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 23:1, Exodus 23:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7563; TAHOT Proverbs 10:16 word 5

לְחַטָּֽאת\׃le.cha.Tat[is] <to> sin

Lemma: חַטָּאת (chat.tat) · Strong's: H2403B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: sin

Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 18:20, Genesis 31:36, Genesis 50:17, Exodus 10:17, Exodus 32:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2403B; TAHOT Proverbs 10:16 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

The labor	→	פְּעֻלָּה H6468 wages
of the righteous	→	צַדִּיק H6662 righteous
leads to life	→	חַיִּים H2416E life
[but] the gain	→	תְּבוּאָה H8393 produce
of the wicked	→	רָשָׁע H7563 wicked
[brings] punishment	→	חַטָּאת H2403B sin

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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