Proverbs 27:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.”

Proverbs 27:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 27:127 words

HebrewMeaning

עָר֤וּםʿārwm

craftyadjH6175

prudent · subtil

רָאָ֣הrāʾāh

advise selfverbH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

רָעָ֣הrāʿāh

adversitynounH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

נִסְתָּ֑רnisətār

be absentverbH5641

keep close · conceal · hide · secret ···

פְּ֝תָאיִ֗םpətāʾyim

foolishnounH6612

simple(-icity · one)

עָבְר֥וּʿābərw

alienateverbH5674

alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···

נֶעֱנָֽשׁוּneʿĕnāšw

amerceverbH6064

condemn · punish · surely

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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