The Meaning of Proverbs 12:10 Explained

Proverbs 12:10

KJV: A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

YLT: The righteous knoweth the life of his beast, And the mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Darby: A righteous man is concerned for the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

ASV: A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

A righteous  [man] regardeth  the life  of his beast:  but the tender mercies  of the wicked  [are] cruel. 

What does Proverbs 12:10 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 12

1  Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge

What do the individual words in Proverbs 12:10 mean?

Regards a righteous [man] the life of his animal but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel
יוֹדֵ֣עַ צַ֭דִּיק נֶ֣פֶשׁ בְּהֶמְתּ֑וֹ וְֽרַחֲמֵ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים אַכְזָרִֽי

יוֹדֵ֣עַ  Regards 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
צַ֭דִּיק  a  righteous  [man] 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
נֶ֣פֶשׁ  the  life 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
בְּהֶמְתּ֑וֹ  of  his  animal 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בְּהֵמָה  
Sense: beast, cattle, animal.
וְֽרַחֲמֵ֥י  but  the  tender  mercies 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רַחַם 
Sense: womb.
רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים  of  the  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
אַכְזָרִֽי  [are]  cruel 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: אַכְזָרִי  
Sense: cruel.