Proverbs 14:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

all (mannerpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

עֶ֭צֶבʿeṣeb

grievousnounH6089

idol · labor · sorrow

יִהְיֶ֣הyihəyeh

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

מוֹתָ֑רmwōtār

plenteousnessnounH4195

preeminence · profit

וּ/דְבַרwdəbar

wordconjH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִםśəpātayim

bandnounH8193

bank · binding · border · brim ···

אַךְʾakə

alsoparticleH389

in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···

לְ/מַחְסֽוֹרləmaḥəswōr

lackpronH4270

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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