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Whenבִּthe wickedרְשָׁעִיםincrease,רְבוֹתtransgressionפָּשַׁעincreases,יִרְבֶּהbutוְthe righteousצַדִּיקִיםwill seeיִרְאוּtheir downfall.בְּמַפַּלְתָּם
Proverbs 29:16
Study it in the app“When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will see their downfall.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 29:16, word by word
- the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- increaseרְבוֹתrevot
multiply
To grow in number.
Where else “revot” appears- transgressionפָּשַׁעpasha
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “pasha” appears- the righteousצַדִּיקִיםtsadikim
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadikim” appears- will seeיִרְאוּyiru
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yiru” appears- their downfallמַפַּלְתָּmapalta
downfall
The ruin of a city or of someone who falls with a great crash.
Where else “mapalta” appears
The context
15The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a young man left to himself shames his mother.
16 · This verse (above)
17Correct your son, and he will give you rest, and he will give delights to your soul.