Proverbs 27:24

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Proverbs 27:24


← Proverbs 27:23 Proverbs 27:24 (KJV) Proverbs 27:25 →
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For richesH2633 are not for everH5769: and doth the crownH5145 endure to everyH1755 generationH1755?


Original Hebrew

כִּי לֹא לְעֹולָם חֹסֶן וְאִם־נֵזֶר לְדֹור [דֹור כ] (וָדֹור׃ ק)

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
כִּ֤י
ki H3588 HC for
לֹ֣א
lo' H3808 HTn not
לְ/עוֹלָ֣ם
le./'o.Lam H5769 HR/Ncmsa (is) for/ ever
חֹ֑סֶן
Cho.sen H2633 HNcmsa wealth
וְ/אִם
ve./'im- H518 HC/C and/ if
נֵ֝֗זֶר
Ne.zer H5145 HNcmsa a crown
לְ/ד֣וֹר
le./Dor H1755 HR/Ncmsa to/ a generation
[דור כ] (וָ/דֽוֹר ק)
[dôwr כ] (ve./dor ק) H1755 כ [HNcmsa כ] (HC/Ncmsa ק) (and/ a generation ק)
Where the Hebrew text is written one way but traditionally read another, both are shown: [written form כ] (Ketiv) and (read form ק) (Qere).
Strong's References
  • H1755 — דּוֹר (dôwr, dore): or (shortened) דֹּר (dôr); from דּוּר (dûwr) H1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling; age, [idiom] evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.
  • H2633 — חֹסֶן (chôçen, kho'-sen): from חָסַן (châçan) H2630; wealth; riches, strength, treasure.
  • H5145 — נֶזֶר (nezer, neh'-zer): or נֵזֶר (nêzer); from נָזַר (nâzar) H5144; properly, something set apart, i.e. (abstractly) dedication (of a priet or Nazirite); hence (concretely) unshorn locks; also (by implication) a chaplet (especially of royalty); consecration, crown, hair, separation.
  • H5769 — עוֹלָם (ʻôwlâm, o-lawm'): or עֹלָם (ʻôlâm); from עָלַם (ʻâlam) H5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always; alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare נֶצַח (netsach) H5331, עַד (ʻad) H5703.

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

  • H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
  • H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
  • H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא (lôwʼ); or לֹה (lôh); (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
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Reciprocal references (3): Deuteronomy 17:20, Psalms 39:6, 1 Timothy 6:7

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