The Meaning of Proverbs 16:7 Explained

Proverbs 16:7

KJV: When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

YLT: When a man's ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him.

Darby: When a man's ways please Jehovah, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

ASV: When a man's ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

When a man's  ways  please  the LORD,  he maketh even his enemies  to be at peace  with him. 

What does Proverbs 16:7 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 16

1  The Plans of the heart

What do the individual words in Proverbs 16:7 mean?

When please Yahweh ways of a man even his enemies He makes to be at peace with him
בִּרְצ֣וֹת יְ֭הוָה דַּרְכֵי־ אִ֑ישׁ גַּם־ א֝וֹיְבָ֗יו יַשְׁלִ֥ם אִתּֽוֹ

בִּרְצ֣וֹת  When  please 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: רָצָא 
Sense: to be pleased with, be favourable to, accept favourably.
יְ֭הוָה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
דַּרְכֵי־  ways 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
אִ֑ישׁ  of  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
גַּם־  even 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
א֝וֹיְבָ֗יו  his  enemies 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֹיֵב  
Sense: (Qal) enemy.
יַשְׁלִ֥ם  He  makes  to  be  at  peace 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁלֵם  
Sense: .
אִתּֽוֹ  with  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.