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Wealthהוֹןdoes notלֹאprofitיוֹעִילin the dayבְּיוֹםof fury,עֶבְרָהbut righteousnessוּצְדָקָהdeliversתַּצִּילfrom death.מִמָּוֶת
Proverbs 11:4
Study it in the app“Wealth does not profit in the day of fury, but righteousness delivers from death.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 11:4, word by word
- Wealthהוֹןhon
wealth
What someone owns in money, land and livestock; his fortune.
Where else “hon” appears- profitיוֹעִילyoil
profit, be useful
To profit, to be of use, to serve for something.
Where else “yoil” appears- in the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of furyעֶבְרָהevra
fury
Overflowing rage, fury.
Where else “evra” appears- but righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedaka
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsedaka” appears- deliversתַּצִּילtatsil
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “tatsil” appears- from deathמָּוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears
The context
3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
4 · This verse (above)
5The righteousness of the blameless makes his way straight, but by his wickedness the wicked will fall.