The Meaning of Proverbs 11:10 Explained

Proverbs 11:10

KJV: When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

YLT: In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked is singing.

Darby: When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

ASV: When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; And when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

When it goeth well  with the righteous,  the city  rejoiceth:  and when the wicked  perish,  [there is] shouting. 

What does Proverbs 11:10 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 11

1  On Deception

What do the individual words in Proverbs 11:10 mean?

When it [goes] well with the righteous rejoices the city and when perish the wicked [there is] jubilation
בְּט֣וּב צַ֭דִּיקִים תַּעֲלֹ֣ץ קִרְיָ֑ה וּבַאֲבֹ֖ד רְשָׁעִ֣ים רִנָּֽה

בְּט֣וּב  When  it  [goes]  well 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: טוּב  
Sense: goods, good things, goodness.
צַ֭דִּיקִים  with  the  righteous 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
תַּעֲלֹ֣ץ  rejoices 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: עָלַץ  
Sense: to rejoice, exult.
קִרְיָ֑ה  the  city 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: קִרְיָה 
Sense: city, town.
וּבַאֲבֹ֖ד  and  when  perish 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָבַד  
Sense: perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed.
רְשָׁעִ֣ים  the  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
רִנָּֽה  [there  is]  jubilation 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: רִנָּה  
Sense: ringing cry.