Proverbs
Proverbs 5:11–12
11At the end of your life you will groan
when your flesh and your body are spent,
12and you will say, “How I hated discipline,
and my heart despised reproof!
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Proverbs 5:11
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| At the end of your life | בְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָ | ḇə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯe·ḵā | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H319 after-part, end |
| you will groan | וְנָהַמְתָּ֥ | wə·nā·ham·tā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | H5098 growl, groan |
| when your flesh | בְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗ | bə·śā·rə·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H1320 flesh |
| and your body | וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃ | ū·šə·’ê·re·ḵā | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H7607 flesh |
| are spent | בִּכְל֥וֹת | biḵ·lō·wṯ | Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent |
Proverbs 5:12
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and you will say | וְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗ | wə·’ā·mar·tā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| How | אֵ֭יךְ | ’êḵ | Interjection | H349 How? |
| I hated | שָׂנֵ֣אתִי | śā·nê·ṯî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H8130 hate |
| discipline | מוּסָ֑ר | mū·sār | Noun - masculine singular | H4148 discipline |
| and my heart | לִבִּֽי׃ | lib·bî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart |
| despised | נָאַ֥ץ | nā·’aṣ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5006 contemn, spurn |
| reproof | וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַת | wə·ṯō·w·ḵa·ḥaṯ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H8433 rebuke, correction |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Proverbs 5:11 Romans 6:21 · Revelation 22:15 · Hebrews 13:4 · Numbers 5:27
Proverbs 5:12 Proverbs 12:1 · Proverbs 1:22 · Proverbs 1:25 · Proverbs 15:5 · Proverbs 1:7 · Zechariah 1:4–6 · Proverbs 13:18 · Psalm 50:17 · Jeremiah 44:4 · Exodus 2:13–14 · John 3:19–20 · Zechariah 7:11–14
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.