Proverbs 12:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.”

Proverbs 12:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 12:218 words

HebrewMeaning

לֹאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יְאֻנֶּ֣הyəʾuneh

befallverbH579

deliver · happen · seek a quarrel

לַ/צַּדִּ֣יקlaṣadiyq

justpronH6662

lawful · righteous

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

אָ֑וֶןʾāwen

afflictionnounH205

evil · false · idol · iniquity ···

וּ֝/רְשָׁעִ֗יםwrəšāʿiym

guiltyconjH7563

condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong

מָ֣לְאוּmāləʾw

accomplishverbH4390

confirm · consecrate · be at an end · be expired ···

רָֽעrāʿ

adversityadjH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

ℹWords 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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