Proverbs

Proverbs 14:19

¹⁹The evil bow before the good,

and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The evil	רָ֭עִים	rā·‘îm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7451 bad, evil
bow	שַׁח֣וּ	ša·ḥū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7817 bow, be bowed down, crouch
before	לִפְנֵ֣י	lip̄·nê	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
the good	טוֹבִ֑ים	ṭō·w·ḇîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
and the wicked	וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗ים	ū·rə·šā·‘îm	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine plural	H7563 wicked, criminal
at	עַֽל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the gates	שַׁעֲרֵ֥י	ša·‘ă·rê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H8179 gate
of the righteous	צַדִּֽיק׃	ṣad·dîq	Adjective - masculine singular	H6662 just, righteous

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.