King James Version
Proverbs 22:8 in the King James Version says “He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. the rod: or, with the rod of his anger h...” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. the rod: or, with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed”
Proverbs 22:8 · KJV
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Train: or, Catechise in: Heb. in his way
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender . the lender: Heb. the man that lendeth
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. the rod: or, with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. He that: Heb. Good of eye
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shall reap”
H7114to dock off, i.e., curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
“vanity”
H205strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
“and the rod”
H7626a scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
“shall fail”
H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
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