Proverbs

Proverbs 3:24–26

²⁴When you lie down, you will not be afraid;

when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.

²⁵Do not fear sudden danger

or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,

²⁶for the LORD will be your confidence

and will keep your foot from the snare.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
you lie down	תִּשְׁכַּ֥ב	tiš·kaḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H7901 lie down
you will not	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
be afraid	תִפְחָ֑ד	ṯip̄·ḥāḏ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H6342 dread, be in dread, in awe
when you rest	וְ֝שָׁכַבְתָּ֗	wə·šā·ḵaḇ·tā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H7901 lie down
your sleep	שְׁנָתֶֽךָ׃	šə·nā·ṯe·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H8142 sleep
will be sweet	וְֽעָרְבָ֥ה	wə·‘ā·rə·ḇāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular	H6149 be sweet, pleasing

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
fear	תִּ֭ירָא	tî·rā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3372 fear
sudden	פִּתְאֹ֑ם	piṯ·’ōm	Adverb	H6597 suddenness
danger	מִפַּ֣חַד	mip·pa·ḥaḏ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H6343 dread
or the ruin	וּמִשֹּׁאַ֥ת	ū·miš·šō·’aṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H7722 ravage (?)
that	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
overtakes	תָבֹֽא׃	ṯā·ḇō	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
the wicked	רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים	rə·šā·‘îm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7563 wicked, criminal

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
for	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the LORD	יְ֭הוָה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
will be	יִהְיֶ֣ה	yih·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
your confidence	בְכִסְלֶ֑ךָ	ḇə·ḵis·le·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3689 loins
and will keep	וְשָׁמַ֖ר	wə·šā·mar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
your foot	רַגְלְךָ֣	raḡ·lə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7272 foot
from the snare	מִלָּֽכֶד׃	mil·lā·ḵeḏ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H3921 a taking, capture

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

Proverbs 3:24 Psalm 4:8 · Psalm 3:5 · Proverbs 6:22 · Job 11:19 · Psalm 121:4–7 · Jeremiah 31:26 · Leviticus 26:6 · Psalm 127:2 · Ezekiel 34:15

Proverbs 3:25 Isaiah 41:10–14 · Psalm 112:7 · 1 Peter 3:14 · Psalm 91:5 · Isaiah 8:12–13 · Psalm 46:1–3 · Job 11:13–15 · Matthew 8:24–26 · Luke 21:18–28 · John 14:1 · Matthew 24:6 · Mark 4:40

Proverbs 3:26 Psalm 91:3 · Proverbs 14:26 · 1 Samuel 2:9 · Psalm 91:9–10 · Habakkuk 3:17–18

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.