Proverbs 11:21
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כִּי
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
יָסַף
yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
נָקָה
nâqâh
to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated
זֶרַע
zeraʻ
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
נָקָה nâqâh
to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated
Study H5352 →יָסַף yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
Study H3254 →כִּי kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Study H3588 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
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