Proverbs 21:15 Go deeper

It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. (KJV)

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שִׂמְחָ֣הsim.Chah[is] a joy

Lemma: שִׂמְחָה (sim.chah) · Strong's: H8057

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

Meaning: joy

Used 94 times. Also: Genesis 31:27, Numbers 10:10, Deuteronomy 28:47, Judges 16:23, 1 Samuel 18:6, 2 Samuel 6:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8057; TAHOT Proverbs 21:15 word 1

לַ֭צַּדִּיקLa.tza.dikto the righteous [person]

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 21:15 word 2

עֲשׂ֣וֹתa.Sotto do

Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to make: do

Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Proverbs 21:15 word 3

מִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.Patjustice

Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) · Strong's: H4941H

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

Meaning: justice

Used 165 times. Also: Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 21:9, Exodus 23:6, Numbers 27:5, Deuteronomy 10:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4941H; TAHOT Proverbs 21:15 word 4

וּ֝מְחִתָּ֗הu.me.chi.Tahand terror

Lemma: מְחִתָּה (me.chit.tah) · Strong's: H4288

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

Meaning: terror

Used 11 times. Also: Psalms 89:40, Proverbs 10:14, Proverbs 10:15, Proverbs 10:29, Proverbs 13:3, Proverbs 14:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4288; TAHOT Proverbs 21:15 word 5

לְפֹ֣עֲלֵיle.Fo.'a.leito [those who] do

Lemma: פָּעַל (pa.al) · Strong's: H6466

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

Meaning: to work

Used 57 times. Also: Exodus 15:17, Numbers 23:23, Deuteronomy 32:27, Job 7:20, Job 11:8, Job 22:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6466; TAHOT Proverbs 21:15 word 6

אָֽוֶן\׃'A.ven<of> wickedness

Lemma: אָ֫וֶן (a.ven) · Strong's: H0205G

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

Meaning: evil: wickedness

Used 66 times. Also: 1 Samuel 15:23, Job 4:8, Job 11:11, Job 11:14, Job 15:35, Job 21:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0205G; TAHOT Proverbs 21:15 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Justice	→	מִשְׁפָּט H4941H justice
executed	→	עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do
is a joy	→	שִׂמְחָה H8057 joy
to the righteous	→	צַדִּיק H6662 righteous
but a terror	→	מְחִתָּה H4288 terror
to the workers	→	פָּעַל H6466 to work
of iniquity	→	אָ֫וֶן H0205G evil: wickedness

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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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