The Meaning of Proverbs 19:2 Explained

Proverbs 19:2

KJV: Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

YLT: Also, without knowledge the soul is not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.

Darby: Also that a person be without knowledge is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet maketh false steps.

ASV: Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Also, [that] the soul  [be] without knowledge,  [it is] not good;  and he that hasteth  with [his] feet  sinneth. 

What does Proverbs 19:2 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 19

1  Life and Conduct

What do the individual words in Proverbs 19:2 mean?

Also without knowledge [for] a soul [to be] not it is good and he who hastens with [his] feet sins
גַּ֤ם בְּלֹא־ דַ֣עַת נֶ֣פֶשׁ לֹא־ ט֑וֹב וְאָ֖ץ בְּרַגְלַ֣יִם חוֹטֵֽא

גַּ֤ם  Also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
בְּלֹא־  without 
Parse: Preposition-b, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
דַ֣עַת  knowledge 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: דַּעַת 
Sense: knowledge.
נֶ֣פֶשׁ  [for]  a  soul  [to  be] 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
ט֑וֹב  it  is  good 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
וְאָ֖ץ  and  he  who  hastens 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: אוּץ  
Sense: to press, be pressed, make haste, urge, be narrow.
בְּרַגְלַ֣יִם  with  [his]  feet 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, fd
Root: רֶגֶל  
Sense: foot.
חוֹטֵֽא  sins 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: חָטָא 
Sense: to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness.