Proverbs 3:27 Go deeper

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it . (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

אַל\־'al-may not

Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Proverbs 3:27 word 1

תִּמְנַע\־tim.na'-you withhold

Lemma: מָנַע (ma.na) · Strong's: H4513

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqj2ms)

Meaning: to withhold

Used 29 times. Also: Genesis 30:2, Numbers 22:16, Numbers 24:11, 1 Samuel 25:26, 1 Samuel 25:34, 2 Samuel 13:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4513; TAHOT Proverbs 3:27 word 2

ט֥וֹבTovgood

Lemma: טוֹב (tov) · Strong's: H2896B

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

Meaning: good

Used 90 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 26:29, Numbers 10:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2896B; TAHOT Proverbs 3:27 word 3

מִבְּעָלָ֑יוmi.be.'a.Lavfrom owners its

Lemma: בַּעַל (ba.al) · Strong's: H1167I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: master: men

Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 14:13, Genesis 20:3, Exodus 24:14, Judges 9:24, Judges 19:22, 1 Samuel 23:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1167I; TAHOT Proverbs 3:27 word 4

בִּהְי֨וֹתbih.Yotwhen belongs

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

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

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Proverbs 3:27 word 5

לְאֵ֖לle.'Elto [the] power of

Lemma: אֵל (el) · Strong's: H0410L

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

Meaning: god: power

Used 5 times. Also: Genesis 31:29, Deuteronomy 28:32, Nehemiah 5:5, Micah 2:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0410L; TAHOT Proverbs 3:27 word 6

לַעֲשֽׂוֹת\׃la.'a.Sotto do [it]

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 3:27 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Do not	→	אַל H0408 not
withhold	→	מָנַע H4513 to withhold
good	→	טוֹב H2896B good
from the deserving	→	בַּעַל H1167I master: men
when it is	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
within your	→	H3027
power	→	אֵל H0410L god: power
to act	→	עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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