King James Version
Proverbs 15:23 in the King James Version says “A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! due: Heb. his season” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! due: Heb. his season”
Proverbs 15:23 · KJV
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly. destitute: Heb. void of heart
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! due: Heb. his season
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“A man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“of his mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“and a word”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“spoken in due season”
H6256time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“how good”
H2896good (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
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