Proverbs 25:19 Go deeper
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Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. (KJV)
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שֵׁ֣ןshena tooth
Lemma: שֵׁן (shen) · Strong's: H8127G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: tooth
Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 49:12, Exodus 21:24, Exodus 21:27, Leviticus 24:20, Numbers 11:33, Deuteronomy 19:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8127G; TAHOT Proverbs 25:19 word 1
רֹ֭עָהRo.'ahbroken
Lemma: רֹעָה (ro.ah) · Strong's: H7465
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrfsa)
Meaning: to shatter
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7465; TAHOT Proverbs 25:19 word 2
וְרֶ֣גֶלve.Re.geland a foot
Lemma: רֶ֫גֶל (re.gel) · Strong's: H7272
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: foot
Used 240 times. Also: Genesis 8:9, Genesis 18:4, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 29:1, Genesis 30:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7272; TAHOT Proverbs 25:19 word 3
מוּעָ֑דֶתmu.'A.detslipped
Lemma: מָעַד (ma.ad) · Strong's: H4571
Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVPsfsa)
Meaning: to slip
Used 7 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:37, Job 12:5, Psalms 18:36, Psalms 26:1, Psalms 37:31, Psalms 69:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4571; TAHOT Proverbs 25:19 word 4
מִבְטָ֥חmiv.Tach[the] trust of
Lemma: מִבְטָח (miv.tach) · Strong's: H4009
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: confidence
Used 15 times. Also: Job 8:14, Job 18:14, Job 31:24, Psalms 40:4, Psalms 65:5, Psalms 71:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4009; TAHOT Proverbs 25:19 word 5
בּ֝וֹגֵ֗דbo.Ged[one who] acts treacherously
Lemma: בָּגַד (ba.gad) · Strong's: H0898
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to act treacherously
Used 49 times. Also: Exodus 21:8, Judges 9:23, 1 Samuel 14:33, Job 6:15, Psalms 25:3, Psalms 59:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0898; TAHOT Proverbs 25:19 word 6
בְּי֣וֹםbe.Yomin a day of
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Proverbs 25:19 word 7
צָרָֽה\׃tza.Rahtrouble
Lemma: צָרָה (tsa.rah) · Strong's: H6869B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: distress
Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 35:3, Genesis 42:21, Deuteronomy 31:17, Deuteronomy 31:21, Judges 10:14, 1 Samuel 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6869B; TAHOT Proverbs 25:19 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| [Like] a broken | → | רֹעָה H7465 to shatter |
| tooth | → | שֵׁן H8127G tooth |
| or a foot | → | רֶ֫גֶל H7272 foot |
| out of joint | → | מָעַד H4571 to slip |
| is confidence | → | מִבְטָח H4009 confidence |
| in a faithless man | → | בָּגַד H0898 to act treacherously |
| in time | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| of trouble | → | צָרָה H6869B distress |
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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