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Proverbs 26:16 — King James Version← Study notes

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.


Proverbs 26:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 26:166 words
HebrewMeaning
חָכָ֣םḥākām
cunningadjH2450
subtil · wise · man)
עָצֵ֣לʿāṣēl
slothfuladjH6102
sluggard
בְּ/עֵינָ֑י/וbəʿēynāyw
eyepronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
מִ֝/שִּׁבְעָ֗הmišibəʿāh
sevenpronH7651
-s · (-teen · -teenth) · -th ···
מְשִׁ֣יבֵיməšiybēy
((breakverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
טָֽעַםṭāʿam
advicenounH2940
behaviour · decree · discretion · judgment ···
Words 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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