Proverbs 14:12
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
יְמָנִי
yᵉmânîy
right (i.e. at the right hand)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
קֵץ
qêts
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Key Terms in This Verse
עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →מָוֶת mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Study H4194 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →חָלַל châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Study H2490 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
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