The Meaning of Proverbs 11:11 Explained

Proverbs 11:11

KJV: By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

YLT: By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.

Darby: By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted; but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

ASV: By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted; But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

By the blessing  of the upright  the city  is exalted:  but it is overthrown  by the mouth  of the wicked. 

What does Proverbs 11:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 11

1  On Deception

What do the individual words in Proverbs 11:11 mean?

By the blessing of the upright is exalted the city but by the mouth of the wicked it is overthrown
בְּבִרְכַּ֣ת יְ֭שָׁרִים תָּר֣וּם קָ֑רֶת וּבְפִ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים תֵּהָרֵֽס

בְּבִרְכַּ֣ת  By  the  blessing 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בְּרָכָה  
Sense: blessing.
יְ֭שָׁרִים  of  the  upright 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: יָשָׁר 
Sense: straight, upright, correct, right.
תָּר֣וּם  is  exalted 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יָרוּם 
Sense: to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted.
קָ֑רֶת  the  city 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: קֶרֶת  
Sense: city, town.
וּבְפִ֥י  but  by  the  mouth 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: פֶּה  
Sense: mouth.
רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים  of  the  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
תֵּהָרֵֽס  it  is  overthrown 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: הָרַס  
Sense: to tear down, break down, overthrow, beat down, break, break through, destroy, pluck down, pull down, throw down, ruined, destroyer, utterly.