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Proverbs 21:5 Interlinear

“The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness but of every one that is hasty only to want”

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Proverbs 21 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת	H4284	The thoughts	a contrivance, i.e., (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
2	חָ֭רוּץ	H2742	of the diligent	properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp tee
3	אַךְ	H389		a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
4	לְמוֹתָ֑ר	H4195	tend only to plenteousness	literally gain; figuratively, superiority
5	וְכָל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
6	אָ֝֗ץ	H213	but of every one that is hasty	to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw
7	אַךְ	H389		a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
8	לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃	H4270	only to want	deficiency; hence, impoverishment

Proverbs 21:5 (current)The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness but of every one that is hasty only to want