King James Version
Proverbs 1:19 in the King James Version says “So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.”
Proverbs 1:19 · KJV
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird . in the: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: Wisdom: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“of every one that is greedy”
H1214to break off, i.e., (usually) plunder; figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the life”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“of the owners”
H1167a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
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