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Proverbs 22:8 Interlinear

“He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity and the rod of his anger shall fail”

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Proverbs 22 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	זוֹרֵ֣עַ	H2232	He that soweth	to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
2	עַ֭וְלָה	H5766	iniquity	(moral) evil
3	יִקְצָור	H7114	shall reap	to dock off, i.e., curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
4	אָ֑וֶן	H205	vanity	strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
5	וְשֵׁ֖בֶט	H7626	and the rod	a scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
6	עֶבְרָת֣וֹ	H5678	of his anger	an outburst of passion
7	יִכְלֶֽה׃	H3615	shall fail	to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)

Proverbs 22:8 (current)He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity and the rod of his anger shall fail