Proverbs
Proverbs 24:10–12
10If you faint in the day of distress,
how small is your strength!
11Rescue those being led away to death,
and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
12If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,”
does not He who weighs hearts consider it?
Does not the One who guards your life know?
Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
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 24:10
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If you faint | הִ֭תְרַפִּיתָ | hiṯ·rap·pî·ṯā | Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H7503 sink, relax |
| in the day | בְּי֥וֹם | bə·yō·wm | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3117 day |
| of distress | צָרָ֗ה | ṣā·rāh | Noun - feminine singular | H6869 id. |
| how small | צַ֣ר | ṣar | Adjective - masculine singular | H6862 narrow, tight |
| your strength | כֹּחֶֽכָה׃ | kō·ḥe·ḵāh | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3581 strength, power |
Proverbs 24:11
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rescue | הַ֭צֵּל | haṣ·ṣêl | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | H5337 strip, plunder |
| those being led away | לְקֻחִ֣ים | lə·qu·ḥîm | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural | H3947 take |
| to death | לַמָּ֑וֶת | lam·mā·weṯ | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4194 death |
| and restrain | תַּחְשֽׂוֹךְ׃ | taḥ·śō·wḵ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H2820 withhold, refrain |
| those stumbling | וּמָטִ֥ים | ū·mā·ṭîm | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H4131 totter, shake, slip |
| toward the slaughter | לַ֝הֶ֗רֶג | la·he·reḡ | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H2027 slaughter |
Proverbs 24:12
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| you say | תֹאמַ֗ר | ṯō·mar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Behold | הֵן֮ | hên | Interjection | H2005 lo! behold |
| we did not | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| know | יָדַ֪עְנ֫וּ | yā·ḏa‘·nū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural | H3045 know |
| about this | זֶ֥ה | zeh | Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| does not | הֲֽלֹא־ | hălō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| He | הֽוּא־ | hū- | Pronoun - third person masculine singular | H1931 he, she |
| who weighs | תֹ֘כֵ֤ן | ṯō·ḵên | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H8505 regulate, measure, estimate |
| hearts | לִבּ֨וֹת׀ | lib·bō·wṯ | Noun - masculine plural | H3826 heart |
| consider it | יָבִ֗ין | yā·ḇîn | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H995 discern |
| Does not the One | ה֣וּא | hū | Pronoun - third person masculine singular | H1931 he, she |
| who guards | וְנֹצֵ֣ר | wə·nō·ṣêr | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H5341 watch, guard, keep |
| your life | נַ֭פְשְׁךָ | nap̄·šə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| know | יֵדָ֑ע | yê·ḏā‘ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H3045 know |
| Will He not repay | וְהֵשִׁ֖יב | wə·hê·šîḇ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H7725 turn back, return |
| a man | לְאָדָ֣ם | lə·’ā·ḏām | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H120 man, mankind |
| according to his deeds | כְּפָעֳלֽוֹ׃ | kə·p̄ā·‘o·lōw | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H6467 doing, deed, work |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Proverbs 24:10 Isaiah 40:28–31 · Ephesians 3:13 · Jeremiah 51:46 · 1 Samuel 27:1 · Hebrews 12:3–5 · Job 4:5 · 2 Corinthians 4:1 · Revelation 2:3 · Revelation 2:13
Proverbs 24:11 Psalm 82:4 · Isaiah 58:6–7 · 1 John 3:16–17 · Job 29:17 · Luke 10:31–32 · 1 Samuel 26:8–9 · Luke 23:23–25
Proverbs 24:12 Job 34:11 · Revelation 2:23 · Jeremiah 17:10 · Psalm 121:8 · Proverbs 21:2 · Romans 2:6 · 1 Samuel 16:7 · Psalm 121:3 · Ecclesiastes 5:8 · Psalm 44:21 · Daniel 5:23 · Psalm 17:3
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.