The Meaning of Proverbs 13:15 Explained

Proverbs 13:15

KJV: Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

YLT: Good understanding giveth grace, And the way of the treacherous is hard.

Darby: Good understanding procureth favour; but the way of the treacherous is hard.

ASV: Good understanding giveth favor; But the way of the transgressor is hard.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Good  understanding  giveth  favour:  but the way  of transgressors  [is] hard. 

What does Proverbs 13:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 13

1  a scoffer does not listen to rebuke

What do the individual words in Proverbs 13:15 mean?

Understanding Good gains favor but the way of the unfaithful [is] enduring
שֵֽׂכֶל־ ט֭וֹב יִתֶּן־ חֵ֑ן וְדֶ֖רֶךְ בֹּגְדִ֣ים אֵיתָֽן

שֵֽׂכֶל־  Understanding 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׂכֶל  
Sense: prudence, insight, understanding.
ט֭וֹב  Good 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
יִתֶּן־  gains 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
חֵ֑ן  favor 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֵן  
Sense: favour, grace, charm.
וְדֶ֖רֶךְ  but  the  way 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common singular construct
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
בֹּגְדִ֣ים  of  the  unfaithful 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: בָּגַד  
Sense: to act treacherously, deceitfully, deal treacherously.
אֵיתָֽן  [is]  enduring 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: אֵיתָן  
Sense: perpetual, constant, perennial, ever-flowing.