The Meaning of Proverbs 10:25 Explained

Proverbs 10:25

KJV: As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

YLT: As the passing by of a hurricane, So the wicked is not, And the righteous is a foundation age-during.

Darby: As a whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

ASV: When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more; But the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

As the whirlwind  passeth,  so [is] the wicked  no [more]: but the righteous  [is] an everlasting  foundation. 

What does Proverbs 10:25 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 10:17-32 - The Blessing Of The Lord Maketh Rich
Let us specially avoid talking too much. Silence is golden. See Proverbs 10:19. Yet the tongue of the just is as choice silver and the lips of the righteous feed many, Proverbs 10:20-21. When we speak, let us say something and let the people to whom we speak feel that their heart is lighter and that the heavenly horizons are nearer and clearer. Whatever you do, beware of uttering slander, Proverbs 10:18. You know, by your own experience, what is acceptable; see to it that your mouth brings forth wisdom and grace, Proverbs 10:31-32.
But this portion of Scripture deals, not only with the speech of the good man, but with his stability. The blessing of God is upon him, enriching him in all manner of ways; and there is no alloy in this gold, no bitterness in God's love, Proverbs 10:22. The desire of the righteous is granted, because it is begotten of the divine Spirit. He is built on the Everlasting Rock, Proverbs 10:25; Proverbs 10:30. His hope is gladness, Proverbs 10:28. As he walks in God's way, he gathers strength, Proverbs 10:29. Though he fall he is not utterly cast down; for God succors him with His saving strength, Psalms 37:24. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 10

1  Proverbs of Solomon: observations of moral virtues, and their contrary vices

What do the individual words in Proverbs 10:25 mean?

When passes by the whirlwind and [is] no [more] the wicked but the righteous [has] an foundation everlasting
כַּעֲב֣וֹר ס֭וּפָה וְאֵ֣ין רָשָׁ֑ע וְ֝צַדִּ֗יק יְס֣וֹד עוֹלָֽם

כַּעֲב֣וֹר  When  passes  by 
Parse: Preposition-k, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
ס֭וּפָה  the  whirlwind 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: סוּפָה 
Sense: storm-wind.
וְאֵ֣ין  and  [is]  no  [more] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
רָשָׁ֑ע  the  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
וְ֝צַדִּ֗יק  but  the  righteous  [has] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
יְס֣וֹד  an  foundation 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יְסׄוד  
Sense: foundation, base.
עוֹלָֽם  everlasting 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹולָם  
Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world.