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The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. (KJV)
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שֹׁד\־shod-[the] violence of
Lemma: שֹׁד (shod) · Strong's: H7701
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: violence
Used 25 times. Also: Job 5:21, Job 5:22, Psalms 12:5, Proverbs 24:2, Isaiah 13:6, Isaiah 16:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7701; TAHOT Proverbs 21:7 word 1
רְשָׁעִ֥יםre.sha.'Imwicked [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 21:7 word 2
יְגוֹרֵ֑םye.go.Remit will drag away them
Lemma: גָּרַר (ga.rar) · Strong's: H1641
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to drag/chew/saw
Used 6 times. Also: Leviticus 11:7, 1 Kings 7:9, Jeremiah 30:23, Hosea 7:14, Habakkuk 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1641; TAHOT Proverbs 21:7 word 3
כִּ֥יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Proverbs 21:7 word 4
מֵ֝אֲנ֗וּme.'a.Nuthey refuse
Lemma: מָאֵן (ma.en) · Strong's: H3985
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)
Meaning: to refuse
Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 37:35, Genesis 39:8, Genesis 48:19, Exodus 4:23, Exodus 7:14, Exodus 10:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3985; TAHOT Proverbs 21:7 word 5
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.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 21:7 word 6
מִשְׁפָּֽט\׃mish.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 21:7 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The violence | → | שֹׁד H7701 violence |
| of the wicked | → | רָשָׁע H7563 wicked |
| will sweep them away | → | גָּרַר H1641 to drag/chew/saw |
| because | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| they refuse | → | מָאֵן H3985 to refuse |
| to do | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| what is just | → | מִשְׁפָּט H4941H justice |
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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