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Proverbs 10:14 — King James Version← Study notes

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.


Proverbs 10:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 10:147 words
HebrewMeaning
חֲכָמִ֥יםḥăkāmiym
cunningadjH2450
subtil · wise · man)
יִצְפְּנוּyiṣəpənw
esteemverbH6845
hide(-den one · self) · lay up · lurk privily ···
דָ֑עַתdāʿat
cunningnounH1847
norantly · know · awares
וּ/פִֽיwpiy
mouthconjH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
אֱ֝וִילʾĕwiyl
fooladjH191
מְחִתָּ֥הməḥitāh
destructionnounH4288
dismaying · ruin · terror
קְרֹבָֽהqərōbāh
alliedadjH7138
approach · at hand · any of kin · kinsfold ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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