Proverbs 24:15
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
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)
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
Key Terms in This Verse
יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →מָקוֹם mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
Study H4725 →קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →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
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off...
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
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