Proverbs 17:13 Go deeper
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Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. (KJV)
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מֵשִׁ֣יבme.Shiv[one who] returns
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)
Meaning: to return: return
Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT Proverbs 17:13 word 1
רָ֭עָהRa.'ahevil
Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7451I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: distress: evil
Used 147 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 44:4, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 50:15, Genesis 50:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451I; TAHOT Proverbs 17:13 word 2
תַּ֣חַתTa.chatfor
Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: underneath: instead
Used 193 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 22:13, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 30:15, Genesis 36:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8478H; TAHOT Proverbs 17:13 word 3
טוֹבָ֑הto.Vahgood
Lemma: טוֹבָה (to.vah) · Strong's: H2896C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: welfare
Used 64 times. Also: Genesis 44:4, Genesis 50:20, Exodus 18:9, Numbers 24:13, Deuteronomy 23:6, Deuteronomy 28:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2896C; TAHOT Proverbs 17:13 word 4
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 17:13 word 5
רָ֝עָ֗הra.'Ahevil
Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7451I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: distress: evil
Used 147 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 44:4, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 50:15, Genesis 50:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451I; TAHOT Proverbs 17:13 word 6
מִבֵּיתֽוֹ\׃mi.bei.Tofrom house his
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Proverbs 17:13 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| If anyone returns | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| evil | → | רָעָה H7451I distress: evil |
| for | → | תַּחַת H8478H underneath: instead |
| good | → | טוֹבָה H2896C welfare |
| evil | → | רָעָה H7451I distress: evil |
| will never | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| leave | → | מוּשׁ H4185 to remove |
| his house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
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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