Proverbs 30:6
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָסַף
yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
בִּלְתִּי
biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because no...
יָכַח
yâkach
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
שֶׁקֶר
sheqer
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
Key Terms in This Verse
יָכַח yâkach
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
Study H3198 →בִּלְתִּי biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
Study H1115 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
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