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Whoever walksהוֹלֵךְin his uprightnessבְּיָשְׁרוֹfearsיְרֵאYHWH,יְהוָהbut one deviousוּנְלוֹזin his waysדְּרָכָיוdespises him.בּוֹזֵהוּ
Proverbs 14:2
Study it in the app“Whoever walks in his uprightness fears YHWH, but one devious in his ways despises him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 14:2, word by word
- Whoever walksהוֹלֵךְholech
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “holech” appears- in his uprightnessיָשְׁרyashr
uprightness
Uprightness: what is straight and right.
Where else “yashr” appears- fearsיְרֵאyere
God-fearing
Who reveres God and so obeys him.
Where else “yere” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- but one deviousנְלוֹזneloz
turn aside, be devious
To turn aside, to depart from the way; figuratively, to be crooked or devious.
Where else “neloz” appears- in his waysדְּרָכָיderachay
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derachay” appears- despises himבּוֹזֵboze
despise
Despise, think little of.
Where else “boze” appears
The context
1The wise woman builds her house, but folly with her hands tears it down.
2 · This verse (above)
3In the mouth of a fool is a rod of loftiness, but the lips of the wise will guard them.