Proverbs 26:10 Go deeper
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The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. (KJV)
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רַ֥בravan archer
Lemma: רַב (rav) · Strong's: H7228
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: archer
Used 3 times. Also: Job 16:13, Jeremiah 50:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7228; TAHOT Proverbs 26:10 word 1
מְחֽוֹלֵֽל\־me.cho.lel-[who] wounds
Lemma: חָלַל (cha.lal) · Strong's: H2490A
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVprmsa)
Meaning: to bore
Used 7 times. Also: Job 26:13, Psalms 109:22, Isaiah 51:9, Isaiah 53:5, Ezekiel 28:9, Ezekiel 32:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2490A; TAHOT Proverbs 26:10 word 2
כֹּ֑לKoleveryone
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Proverbs 26:10 word 3
וְשֹׂכֵ֥רve.so.Kherand [one who] hires
Lemma: שָׂכַר (sa.khar) · Strong's: H7936B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to hire
Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 30:16, Deuteronomy 23:4, Judges 9:4, Judges 18:4, 1 Samuel 2:5, 2 Samuel 10:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7936B; TAHOT Proverbs 26:10 word 4
כְּ֝סִ֗ילke.Sila fool
Lemma: כְּסִיל (ke.sil) · Strong's: H3684
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: fool
Used 70 times. Also: Psalms 49:10, Psalms 92:6, Psalms 94:8, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 1:32, Proverbs 3:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3684; TAHOT Proverbs 26:10 word 5
וְשֹׂכֵ֥רve.so.Kherand [one who] hires
Lemma: שָׂכַר (sa.khar) · Strong's: H7936B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to hire
Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 30:16, Deuteronomy 23:4, Judges 9:4, Judges 18:4, 1 Samuel 2:5, 2 Samuel 10:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7936B; TAHOT Proverbs 26:10 word 6
עֹבְרִֽים\׃'oe.Rim[those who] pass by
Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to pass
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5674A; TAHOT Proverbs 26:10 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Like an archer | → | רַב H7228 archer |
| who wounds | → | חָלַל H2490A to bore |
| at random | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| is he who hires | → | שָׂכַר H7936B to hire |
| a fool | → | כְּסִיל H3684 fool |
| or | → | שָׂכַר H7936B to hire |
| passerby | → | עָבַר H5674A to pass |
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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