The Meaning of Proverbs 11:8 Explained

Proverbs 11:8

KJV: The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

YLT: The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.

Darby: The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

ASV: The righteous is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked cometh in his stead.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The righteous  is delivered out  of trouble,  and the wicked  cometh  in his stead. 

What does Proverbs 11:8 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The wicked do not experience deliverance from trouble ultimately, but finally they go to the place reserved for them-forever.

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 11

1  On Deception

What do the individual words in Proverbs 11:8 mean?

The righteous from trouble is delivered and it comes to the wicked instead
צַ֭דִּיק מִצָּרָ֣ה נֶחֱלָ֑ץ וַיָּבֹ֖א רָשָׁ֣ע תַּחְתָּֽיו

צַ֭דִּיק  The  righteous 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
מִצָּרָ֣ה  from  trouble 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָרָה 
Sense: straits, distress, trouble.
נֶחֱלָ֑ץ  is  delivered 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָלַץ 
Sense: to remove, draw out, draw off, take off, withdraw, equip (for war), arm for war, rescue, be rescued.
וַיָּבֹ֖א  and  it  comes 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
רָשָׁ֣ע  to  the  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
תַּחְתָּֽיו  instead 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.

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