The Meaning of Proverbs 16:5 Explained

Proverbs 16:5

KJV: Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

YLT: An abomination to Jehovah is every proud one of heart, Hand to hand he is not acquitted.

Darby: Every proud heart is an abomination to Jehovah: hand for hand, he shall not be held innocent.

ASV: Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah: Though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Every one [that is] proud  in heart  [is] an abomination  to the LORD:  [though] hand  [join] in hand,  he shall not be unpunished. 

What does Proverbs 16:5 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 16

1  The Plans of the heart

What do the individual words in Proverbs 16:5 mean?

[is] an abomination to Yahweh Everyone high in heart [Though [they join] forces none will go unpunished
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה כָּל־ גְּבַהּ־ לֵ֑ב יָ֥ד לְ֝יָ֗ד לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶֽה

תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת  [is]  an  abomination  to 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: תֹּועֵבָה  
Sense: a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable.
יְ֭הוָה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
כָּל־  Everyone 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
גְּבַהּ־  high 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular construct
Root: גָּבֵהַּ  
Sense: high, proud.
לֵ֑ב  in  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
יָ֥ד  [Though  [they  join] 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
לְ֝יָ֗ד  forces 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
לֹ֣א  none 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יִנָּקֶֽה  will  go  unpunished 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָקָה  
Sense: to be empty, be clear, be pure, be free, be innocent, be desolate, be cut off.