Proverbs
Proverbs 24:29
29Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me;
I will repay the man according to his work.”
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 | תֹּאמַ֗ר | tō·mar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| I will do | עָֽשָׂה־ | ‘ā·śāh- | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| to him | לִ֭י | lî | Preposition; first person common singular | |
| as | כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר | ka·’ă·šer | Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| he has done | אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ | ’e·‘ĕ·śeh- | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H6213 do, make |
| to me | לּ֑וֹ | lōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | |
| I will repay | אָשִׁ֖יב | ’ā·šîḇ | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | H7725 turn back, return |
| the man | לָאִ֣ישׁ | lā·’îš | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| according to his work | 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 20:22 · Romans 12:17–21 · 1 Thessalonians 5:15 · Matthew 5:39–44 · Proverbs 25:21–22
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.