Proverbs 12:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.”

Proverbs 12:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 12:88 words

HebrewMeaning

לְֽ/פִיləpiy

to the mouth ofpronH6310

-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···

שִׂ֭כְל/וֹśikəlwō

prudence hisnounH7922

knowledge · policy · prudence · sense ···

יְהֻלַּלyəhulal

he is praisedverbH1984

celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···

אִ֑ישׁʾiyš

a personnounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

וְ/נַעֲוֵהwənaʿăwēh

and a person perverted ofconjH5753

bow down · make crooked · commit iniquity · pervert ···

לֵ֝֗בlēb

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

יִהְיֶ֥הyihəyeh

he will becomeverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

לָ/בֽוּזlābwz

contemptpronH937

despised · shamed

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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