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Proverbs 16:28 Interlinear

“man A froward soweth strife and a whisperer separateth chief friends”

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Proverbs 16 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אִ֣ישׁ	H376	man	a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
2	תַּ֭הְפֻּכוֹת	H8419	A froward	a perversity or fraud
3	יְשַׁלַּ֣ח	H7971	soweth	to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
4	מָד֑וֹן	H4066	strife	a contest or quarrel
5	וְ֝נִרְגָּ֗ן	H5372	and a whisperer	a slanderer
6	מַפְרִ֥יד	H6504	separateth	to break through, i.e., spread or separate (oneself)
7	אַלּֽוּף׃	H441	chief friends	familiar; a friend, also gentle; and so, a chieftain (as notable, like neat cattle)

Proverbs 16:28 (current)man A froward soweth strife and a whisperer separateth chief friends