Proverbs 17:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.”

Proverbs 17:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 17:209 words

HebrewMeaning

עִקֶּשׁʿiqeš

crookedadjH6141

froward · perverse

לֵ֭בlēb

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יִמְצָאyiməṣāʾ

befallverbH4672

be able · being · catch · certainly ···

ט֑וֹבṭwōb

beautifuladjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

וְ/נֶהְפָּ֥ךְwənehəpākə

changeconjH2015

become · come · be converted · give ···

בִּ֝/לְשׁוֹנ֗/וֹbiləšwōnwō

baypronH3956

babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···

יִפּ֥וֹלyipwōl

be acceptedverbH5307

cast (down · self · out) · cease ···

בְּ/רָעָֽהbərāʿāh

adversitypronH7451

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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