Proverbs 14:2 Go deeper

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD : but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. (KJV)

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הוֹלֵ֣ךְho.Lekh[one who] walks

Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980I

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to go: walk

Used 327 times. Also: Genesis 2:14, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1980I; TAHOT Proverbs 14:2 word 1

בְּ֭יָשְׁרוֹbe.ya.she.roin uprightness his

Lemma: יֹ֫שֶׁר (yo.sher) · Strong's: H3476

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: uprightness

Used 14 times. Also: Deuteronomy 9:5, 1 Kings 9:4, 1 Chronicles 29:17, Job 6:25, Job 33:3, Job 33:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3476; TAHOT Proverbs 14:2 word 2

יְרֵ֣אye.Re'[is one] fearing

Lemma: יָרֵא (ya.re) · Strong's: H3373

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HAamsc)

Meaning: afraid

Used 64 times. Also: Genesis 22:12, Genesis 32:11, Genesis 42:18, Exodus 9:20, Exodus 18:21, Deuteronomy 7:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3373; TAHOT Proverbs 14:2 word 3

יְהוָ֑הYah.weh<of> Yahweh

Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: LORD

Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Proverbs 14:2 word 4

וּנְל֖וֹזu.ne.Lozand [the] [one who] is crooked of

Lemma: לוּז (luz) · Strong's: H3868

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVNrmsc)

Meaning: be devious

Used 6 times. Also: Proverbs 2:15, Proverbs 3:21, Proverbs 3:32, Proverbs 4:21, Isaiah 30:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3868; TAHOT Proverbs 14:2 word 5

דְּרָכָ֣יוde.ra.Khavways his

Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

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 14:2 word 6

בּוֹזֵֽהוּ\׃bo.Ze.hu[is] despising him

Lemma: בָּזָה (ba.zah) · Strong's: H0959

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVqrmsc)

Meaning: to despise

Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 25:34, Numbers 15:31, 1 Samuel 2:30, 1 Samuel 10:27, 1 Samuel 17:42, 2 Samuel 6:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0959; TAHOT Proverbs 14:2 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

He who walks	→	הָלַךְ H1980I to go: walk
in uprightness	→	יֹ֫שֶׁר H3476 uprightness
fears	→	יָרֵא H3373 afraid
the LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
but the one who is devious	→	לוּז H3868 be devious
in his ways	→	דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870G way: conduct
despises Him	→	בָּזָה H0959 to despise

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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