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Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. (KJV)
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צְ֭דָקָהTze.da.kahrighteousness
Lemma: צְדָקָה (tse.da.qah) · Strong's: H6666
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: righteousness
Used 154 times. Also: Genesis 15:6, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 30:33, Deuteronomy 6:25, Deuteronomy 9:4, Deuteronomy 9:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6666; TAHOT Proverbs 13:6 word 1
תִּצֹּ֣רti.Tzorit preserves
Lemma: נָצַר (na.tsar) · Strong's: H5341
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to watch
Used 61 times. Also: Exodus 34:7, Deuteronomy 32:10, Deuteronomy 33:9, 2 Kings 17:9, 2 Kings 18:8, Job 7:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5341; TAHOT Proverbs 13:6 word 2
תָּם\־tom-integrity of
Lemma: תֹּם (tom) · Strong's: H8537
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: integrity
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 20:5, Genesis 20:6, 2 Samuel 15:11, 1 Kings 9:4, 1 Kings 22:34, 2 Chronicles 18:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8537; TAHOT Proverbs 13:6 word 3
דָּ֑רֶךְDa.rekhway
Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: way: conduct
Used 321 times. Also: Genesis 6:12, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 31:35, Exodus 18:20, Exodus 32:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1870G; TAHOT Proverbs 13:6 word 4
וְ֝רִשְׁעָ֗הve.rish.'Ahand wickedness
Lemma: רִשְׁעָה (rish.ah) · Strong's: H7564
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: wickedness
Used 15 times. Also: Deuteronomy 9:4, Deuteronomy 9:5, Deuteronomy 25:2, Proverbs 11:5, Isaiah 9:18, Ezekiel 5:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7564; TAHOT Proverbs 13:6 word 5
תְּסַלֵּ֥ףte.sa.Lefit subverts
Lemma: סָלַף (sa.laph) · Strong's: H5557
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVpi3fs)
Meaning: to pervert
Used 7 times. Also: Exodus 23:8, Deuteronomy 16:19, Job 12:19, Proverbs 19:3, Proverbs 21:12, Proverbs 22:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5557; TAHOT Proverbs 13:6 word 6
חַטָּֽאת\׃cha.Tatsin
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 13:6 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Righteousness | → | צְדָקָה H6666 righteousness |
| guards | → | נָצַר H5341 to watch |
| the man of integrity | → | תֹּם H8537 integrity |
| . . . | → | דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870G way: conduct |
| but wickedness | → | רִשְׁעָה H7564 wickedness |
| undermines | → | סָלַף H5557 to pervert |
| the sinner | → | חַטָּאת H2403B sin |
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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