“In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.”
Proverbs 14:23 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Proverbs 14:238 words
HebrewMeaning
בְּ/כָלbəkāl
in allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עֶ֭צֶבʿeṣeb
hard labornounH6089
idol · labor · sorrow
יִהְיֶ֣הyihəyeh
it isverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
מוֹתָ֑רmwōtār
profitnounH4195
preeminence · profit
וּ/דְבַרwdəbar
and word ofconjH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִםśəpātayim
lipsnounH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
אַךְʾakə
onlyparticleH389
in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···
לְ/מַחְסֽוֹרləmaḥəswōr
to povertypronH4270
need · penury · poor · poverty ···
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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