Proverbs
Proverbs 22:20–21
20Have I not written for you thirty sayingsc
about counsel and knowledge,
21to show you true and reliable words,
that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
Footnotes
- c 22:20 Or written for you excellent sayings or written for you three times
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.
Proverbs 22:20
| 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 |
Proverbs 22:21
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| to show you | לְהוֹדִֽיעֲךָ֗ | lə·hō·w·ḏî·‘ă·ḵā | Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; second person masculine singular | H3045 know |
| true | קֹ֭שְׁטְ | qō·šəṭ | Noun - masculine singular construct | H7189 bow |
| and reliable | אֱמֶ֑ת | ’ĕ·meṯ | Noun - feminine singular | H571 firmness, faithfulness, truth |
| words | אִמְרֵ֣י | ’im·rê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H561 something said |
| that you may | לְהָשִׁ֥יב | lə·hā·šîḇ | Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | H7725 turn back, return |
| soundly | אֱ֝מֶ֗ת | ’ĕ·meṯ | Noun - feminine singular | H571 firmness, faithfulness, truth |
| answer | אֲמָרִ֥ים | ’ă·mā·rîm | Noun - masculine plural | H561 something said |
| those who sent you | לְשֹׁלְחֶֽיךָ׃פ | lə·šō·lə·ḥe·ḵā | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H7971 send |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Proverbs 22:20 Proverbs 8:6 · 2 Peter 1:19–21 · Psalm 12:6 · 2 Timothy 3:15–17
Proverbs 22:21 1 Peter 3:15 · Luke 1:3–4
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.