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Proverbs 22:18 Interlinear

“ For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within be fitted thee they shall withal in thy lips”

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Proverbs 22 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	כִּֽי	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2	נָ֭עִים	H5273	For it is a pleasant thing	delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)
3	כִּֽי	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
4	תִשְׁמְרֵ֣ם	H8104	if thou keep	properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
5	בְּבִטְנֶ֑ךָ	H990	them within	the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
6	יִכֹּ֥נוּ	H3559	be fitted	properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
7	יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו	H3162	thee they shall withal	properly, a unit, i.e., (adverb) unitedly
8	עַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
9	שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃	H8193	in thy lips	the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

Proverbs 22:18 (current) For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within be fitted thee they shall withal in thy lips