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Proverbs 22:5 Interlinear

“Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward he that doth keep his soul shall be far ”

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Proverbs 22 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	צִנִּ֣ים	H6791	Thorns	a thorn; hence, a cactus-hedge
2	פַּ֭חִים	H6341	and snares	a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin)
3	בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ	H1870	are in the way	a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
4	עִקֵּ֑שׁ	H6141	of the froward	distorted; hence, false
5	שׁוֹמֵ֥ר	H8104	he that doth keep	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	יִרְחַ֥ק	H7368	shall be far	to widen (in any direction), i.e., (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
8	מֵהֶֽם׃	H1992		they (only used when emphatic)

Proverbs 22:5 (current)Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward he that doth keep his soul shall be far