Proverbs

Proverbs 22:19–20

¹⁹So that your trust may be in the LORD,

I instruct you today — yes, you.

²⁰Have I not written for you thirty sayings^c

about counsel and knowledge,

Footnotes

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
So that your trust	מִבְטַחֶ֑ךָ	miḇ·ṭa·ḥe·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H4009 confidence
may be	לִהְי֣וֹת	lih·yō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
in the LORD	בַּ֭יהוָה	Yah·weh	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
I instruct you	הוֹדַעְתִּ֖יךָ	hō·w·ḏa‘·tî·ḵā	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singular	H3045 know
today	הַיּ֣וֹם	hay·yō·wm	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
yes	אַף־	’ap̄-	Conjunction	H637 also, yea
you	אָֽתָּה׃	’āt·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Have I not	הֲלֹ֤א	hă·lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
written	כָתַ֣בְתִּי	ḵā·ṯaḇ·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H3789 write
for you	לְ֭ךָ	lə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular
thirty sayings	שִׁלְשׁוֹם	šil·šōm	Noun - masculine plural	H8032 three days ago
about counsel	בְּמ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣ת	bə·mō·w·‘ê·ṣōṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural	H4156 counsel, plan, principle, device
and knowledge	וָדָֽעַת׃	wā·ḏā·‘aṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H1847 knowledge

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

Proverbs 22:19 Psalm 62:8 · Isaiah 12:2 · Proverbs 3:5 · Isaiah 26:4 · 1 Peter 1:21

Proverbs 22:20 Proverbs 8:6 · 2 Peter 1:19–21 · Psalm 12:6 · 2 Timothy 3:15–17

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.