Proverbs 29:13
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָנִי
ʻânîy
depressed, in mind or circumstances
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)
יַחַד
yachad
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אוֹר
ʼôwr
to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Key Terms in This Verse
אוֹר ʼôwr
to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
Study H215 →קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →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
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
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