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Proverbs 28:6 Interlinear

“Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness than he that is perverse in his ways though he be rich”

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Proverbs 28 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	טֽוֹב	H2896	Better	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
2	רָ֭שׁ	H7326	is the poor	to be destitute
3	הוֹלֵ֣ךְ	H1980	that walketh	to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
4	בְּתֻמּ֑וֹ	H8537	in his uprightness	completeness; figuratively, prosperity; usually (morally) innocence
5	מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ	H6141	than he that is perverse	distorted; hence, false
6	דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם	H1870	in his ways	a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
7	וְה֣וּא	H1931		he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
8	עָשִֽׁיר׃	H6223	though he be rich	rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)

Proverbs 28:6 (current)Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness than he that is perverse in his ways though he be rich