PROVERBS 12:3

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.”

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Proverbs 12:3 Translation & Meaning

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KJV Verse Original Hebrew Meaning/ Definition
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A man אָדָ֣ם Ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) man
shall not לֹא Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
be established יִכּ֣וֹן Properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous) established
by wickedness: בְּרֶ֑שַׁע A wrong (especially moral) wickedness
but the root וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ A root (literally or figuratively) root
of the righteous צַ֝דִּיקִ֗ים Just righteous
shall not בַּל Properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest not
be moved. יִמּֽוֹט׃ To waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fall moved

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  • 1  Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

  • 2  A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

  • 3  A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

  • 4  A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

  • 5  The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.




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