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Proverbs 29:12 — King James Version← Study notes

If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.


Proverbs 29:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 29:128 words
HebrewMeaning
מֹ֭שֵׁלmōšēl
(haveverbH4910
make to have) dominion · governor · indeed · reign ···
מַקְשִׁ֣יבmaqəšiyb
attendverbH7181
hear · give heed · incline · mark ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
דְּבַרdəbar
wordnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
שָׁ֑קֶרšāqer
without a causenounH8267
deceit · false(-hood · -ly) · feignedly ···
כָּֽלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
מְשָׁרְתָ֥י/וməšārətāyw
ministerverbH8334
serve(-ant · -ice · -itor) · wait on
רְשָׁעִֽיםrəšāʿiym
guiltyadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
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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