Proverbs 9:16

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Proverbs 9:16


← Proverbs 9:15 Proverbs 9:16 (KJV) Proverbs 9:17 →
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Whoso is simpleH6612, let him turn inH5493 hither: and as for him that wantethH2638 understandingH3820, she saithH559 to him,


Original Hebrew

מִי־פֶתִי יָסֻר הֵנָּה וַחֲסַר־לֵב וְאָמְרָה לֹּו׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
מִי
mi- H4310 HTi who?
פֶ֭תִי
Fe.ti H6612 HNcmsa (is) naive
יָסֻ֣ר
ya.Sur H5493 HVqj3ms let him turn aside
הֵ֑נָּה
He.nah H2008 HD here
וַ/חֲסַר
va./cha.sar- H2638 HC/Aamsc and/ (one) lacking of
לֵ֝֗ב
Lev H3820 HNcmsa heart
וְ/אָ֣מְרָה
ve./'A.me.rah H559 HC/Vqq3fs and/ she says
לּֽ/וֹ
l/o HR/Sp3ms to/ him
Strong's References
  • H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
  • H2638 — חָסֵר (châçêr, khaw-sare'): from חָסֵר (châçêr) H2637; lacking; hence, without; destitute, fail, lack, have need, void, want.
  • H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב (lêbâb) H3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
  • H5493 — סוּר (çûwr, soor): or שׂוּר (sûwr); (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative); be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
  • H6612 — פְּתִי (pᵉthîy, peth-ee'): or פֶּתִי (pethîy); or פְּתָאִי (pᵉthâʼîy); from פָּתָה (pâthâh) H6601; silly (i.e. seducible); foolish, simple(-icity, one).

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

  • H2008 — הֵנָּה (hênnâh, hane'-naw): from הֵן (hên) H2004; hither or thither (but used both of place and time); here, hither(-to), now, on this (that) side, [phrase] since, this (that) way, thitherward, [phrase] thus far, to...fro, [phrase] yet.
  • H4310 — מִי (mîy, me): an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מָה (mâh) H4100 is of things; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.
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