Proverbs 12:21 Go deeper
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There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief. (KJV)
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לֹא\־lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Proverbs 12:21 word 1
יְאֻנֶּ֣הye.'u.Nehit happens
Lemma: אָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H0579
Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVPi3ms)
Meaning: to meet
Used 4 times. Also: Exodus 21:13, 2 Kings 5:7, Psalms 91:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0579; TAHOT Proverbs 12:21 word 2
לַצַּדִּ֣יקla.tza.Dikto the righteous
Lemma: צַדִּיק (tsad.diq) · Strong's: H6662
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
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 12:21 word 3
כָּל\־kol-any
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Proverbs 12:21 word 4
אָ֑וֶן'A.ventrouble
Lemma: אָ֫וֶן (a.ven) · Strong's: H0205H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: evil: trouble
Used 11 times. Also: Numbers 23:21, Deuteronomy 26:14, Job 5:6, Psalms 90:10, Proverbs 22:8, Isaiah 41:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0205H; TAHOT Proverbs 12:21 word 5
וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗יםu.re.sha.'Imand wicked [people]
Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
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 12:21 word 6
מָ֣לְאוּMal.'uthey are full
Lemma: מָלֵא (ma.le) · Strong's: H4390
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to fill
Used 249 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 21:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4390; TAHOT Proverbs 12:21 word 7
רָֽע\׃Ra'distress
Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451B
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: bad: evil
Used 111 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 44:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451B; TAHOT Proverbs 12:21 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| No | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| harm | → | אָ֫וֶן H0205H evil: trouble |
| befalls | → | אָנָה H0579 to meet |
| the righteous | → | צַדִּיק H6662 righteous |
| . . . | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| but the wicked | → | רָשָׁע H7563 wicked |
| are filled | → | מָלֵא H4390 to fill |
| with trouble | → | רַע H7451B bad: evil |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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