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The devastationשֹׁדof the wickedרְשָׁעִיםwill drag them away,יְגוֹרֵםbecauseכִּיthey refuseמֵאֲנוּto doלַעֲשׂוֹתjustice.מִשְׁפָּט
Proverbs 21:7
Study it in the app“The devastation of the wicked will drag them away, because they refuse to do justice.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 21:7, word by word
- The devastationשֹׁדshod
destruction, violence
Devastation, ruin that comes with violence.
Where else “shod” appears- of the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- will drag them awayיְגוֹרֵyegore
drag
Haul off by force.
Where else “yegore” appears- they refuseמֵאֲנוּmeanu
refuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “meanu” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears
The context
6Getting treasures with a tongue of falsehood is a vapor driven away; they are seekers of death.
7 · This verse (above)
8Twisted is the way of a guilty man, but the pure, upright is his work.