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Proverbs 10:17 Interlinear

“He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction but he that refuseth reproof erreth”

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Proverbs 10 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אֹ֣רַח	H734	He is in the way	a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
2	לְ֭חַיִּים	H2416	of life	alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
3	שׁוֹמֵ֣ר	H8104	that keepeth	properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
4	מוּסָ֑ר	H4148	instruction	properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
5	וְעֹזֵ֖ב	H5800	but he that refuseth	to loosen, i.e., relinquish, permit, etc
6	תּוֹכַ֣חַת	H8433	reproof	chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defense)
7	מַתְעֶֽה׃	H8582	erreth	to vacillate, i.e., reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both

Proverbs 10:17 (current)He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction but he that refuseth reproof erreth