The Meaning of Proverbs 13:17 Explained

Proverbs 13:17

KJV: A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

YLT: A wicked messenger falleth into evil, And a faithful ambassador is healing.

Darby: A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health.

ASV: A wicked messenger falleth into evil; But a faithful ambassador is health.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

A wicked  messenger  falleth  into mischief:  but a faithful  ambassador  [is] health. 

What does Proverbs 13:17 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 13

1  a scoffer does not listen to rebuke

What do the individual words in Proverbs 13:17 mean?

A messenger wicked falls into trouble but a ambassador of faithfulness health
מַלְאָ֣ךְ רָ֭שָׁע יִפֹּ֣ל בְּרָ֑ע וְצִ֖יר אֱמוּנִ֣ים מַרְפֵּֽא

מַלְאָ֣ךְ  A  messenger 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַלְאָךְ  
Sense: messenger, representative.
רָ֭שָׁע  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
יִפֹּ֣ל  falls 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
בְּרָ֑ע  into  trouble 
Parse: Preposition-b, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רַע 
Sense: bad, evil.
וְצִ֖יר  but  a  ambassador 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: צִיר 
Sense: envoy, messenger.
אֱמוּנִ֣ים  of  faithfulness 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֵמוּן 
Sense: faithfulness, trusting.
מַרְפֵּֽא  health 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַרְפֵּא 
Sense: health, healing, cure.