Proverbs
Proverbs 20:22
22Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!”
Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do not | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| say | תֹּאמַ֥ר | tō·mar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| I will avenge | אֲשַׁלְּמָה־ | ’ă·šal·lə·māh- | Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular | H7999 be complete, sound |
| this evil | רָ֑ע | rā‘ | Adjective - masculine singular | H7451 bad, evil |
| Wait | קַוֵּ֥ה | qaw·wêh | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular | H6960 wait for |
| on the LORD | לַֽ֝יהוָ֗ה | Yah·weh | Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| and He will save | וְיֹ֣שַֽׁע | wə·yō·ša‘ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular | H3467 deliver |
| you | לָֽךְ׃ | lāḵ | Preposition; second person feminine singular |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Romans 12:17–19 · 1 Thessalonians 5:15 · Proverbs 24:29 · Proverbs 17:13 · 1 Peter 3:9 · Deuteronomy 32:35 · 1 Peter 2:23 · Matthew 5:39 · 1 Peter 4:19 · Psalm 37:34 · Psalm 27:14 · Lamentations 3:25–26
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.