Proverbs 29:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.”

Proverbs 29:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 29:187 words

HebrewMeaning

בְּ/אֵ֣יןbəʾēyn

elsepronH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

חָ֭זוֹןḥāzwōn

visionnounH2377

יִפָּ֣רַֽעyipāraʿ

avengeverbH6544

avoid · bare · go back · let ···

עָ֑םʿām

peoplenounH5971

men · nation · people

וְ/שֹׁמֵ֖רwəšōmēr

bewardconjH8104

be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···

תּוֹרָ֣הtwōrāh

lawnounH8451

אַשְׁרֵֽ/הוּʾašərēhw

blessednounH835

happy

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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