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Proverbs 16:17 Interlinear

“The highway of the upright is to depart from evil preserveth his soul he that keepeth his way”

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Proverbs 16 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	מְסִלַּ֣ת	H4546	The highway	a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase
2	יְ֭שָׁרִים	H3477	of the upright	straight (literally or figuratively)
3	ס֣וּר	H5493	is to depart	to turn off (literally or figuratively)
4	מֵרָ֑ע	H7451	from evil	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
5	שֹׁמֵ֥ר	H8104	preserveth	properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
6	נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ	H5315	his soul	properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
7	נֹצֵ֥ר	H5341	he that keepeth	to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
8	דַּרְכּֽוֹ׃	H1870	his way	a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

Proverbs 16:17 (current)The highway of the upright is to depart from evil preserveth his soul he that keepeth his way