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The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right. (KJV)

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הֲפַכְפַּ֬ךְha.fakh.Pakh[is] crooked

Lemma: הֲפַכְפַּךְ (ha.phakh.pakh) · Strong's: H2019

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: crooked

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2019; TAHOT Proverbs 21:8 word 1

דֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekh[the] way of

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

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

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 21:8 word 2

אִ֣ישׁ'isha person

Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G

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

Meaning: man

Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT Proverbs 21:8 word 3

וָזָ֑רva.Zarguilty

Lemma: וָזָר (va.zar) · Strong's: H2054

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: guilty

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2054; TAHOT Proverbs 21:8 word 4

וְ֝זַ֗ךְve.Zakhand a pure [person]

Lemma: זַךְ (zakh) · Strong's: H2134

Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)

Meaning: pure

Used 11 times. Also: Exodus 27:20, Exodus 30:34, Leviticus 24:2, Leviticus 24:7, Job 8:6, Job 11:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2134; TAHOT Proverbs 21:8 word 5

יָשָׁ֥רya.Shar[is] upright

Lemma: יָשָׁר (ya.shar) · Strong's: H3477G

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: upright

Used 113 times. Also: Exodus 15:26, Numbers 23:10, Deuteronomy 6:18, Deuteronomy 12:8, Deuteronomy 12:25, Deuteronomy 12:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3477G; TAHOT Proverbs 21:8 word 6

פָּעֳלֽוֹ\׃po.'o.Lowork his

Lemma: פֹּ֫עַל (po.al) · Strong's: H6467

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

Meaning: work

Used 37 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:4, Deuteronomy 33:11, Ruth 2:12, 2 Samuel 23:20, 1 Chronicles 11:22, Job 7:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6467; TAHOT Proverbs 21:8 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

The way	→	דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870G way: conduct
of a guilty	→	וָזָר H2054 guilty
man	→	אִישׁ H0376G man
is crooked	→	הֲפַכְפַּךְ H2019 crooked
but the conduct	→	פֹּ֫עַל H6467 work
of the innocent	→	זַךְ H2134 pure
is upright	→	יָשָׁר H3477G upright

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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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