Proverbs 26:12

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Proverbs 26:12


← Proverbs 26:11 Proverbs 26:12 (KJV) Proverbs 26:13 →
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

SeestH7200 thou a manH376 wiseH2450 in his own conceitH5869? there is more hopeH8615 of a foolH3684 than of him.


Original Hebrew

רָאִיתָ אִישׁ חָכָם בְּעֵינָיו תִּקְוָה לִכְסִיל מִמֶּנּוּ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
רָאִ֗יתָ
ra.'I.ta H7200 HVqp2ms you see
אִ֭ישׁ
'ish H376 HNcmsa a person
חָכָ֣ם
cha.Kham H2450 HAamsa wise
בְּ/עֵינָ֑י/ו
be./'ei.Na/v H5869 HR/Ncbdc/Sp3ms in/ own eyes/ his
תִּקְוָ֖ה
tik.Vah H8615 HNcfsa hope
לִ/כְסִ֣יל
li/kh.Sil H3684 HR/Aamsa (belongs) to/ a fool
מִמֶּֽ/נּוּ
mi.Me./nu H4480 HR/Sp3ms more than/ him
Strong's References
  • H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh) H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh) H802.
  • H2450 — חָכָם (châkâm, khaw-kawm'): from חָכַם (châkam) H2449; wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful); cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).
  • H3684 — כְּסִיל (kᵉçîyl, kes-eel'): from כָּסַל (kâçal) H3688; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly; fool(-ish).
  • H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
  • H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
  • H8615 — תִּקְוָה (tiqvâh, tik-vaw'): from קָוָה (qâvâh) H6960; (compare קָוֶה (qâveh) H6961); literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy; expectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי (minnîy); or מִנֵּי (minnêy); (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן (mên) H4482; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.
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