The Meaning of Proverbs 18:11 Explained

Proverbs 18:11

KJV: The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

YLT: The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.

Darby: The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.

ASV: The rich man's wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own imagination.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The rich man's  wealth  [is] his strong  city,  and as an high  wall  in his own conceit. 

What does Proverbs 18:11 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Wealth does provide some security, but one may falsely imagine it a higher safeguard against calamity than it really Isaiah , "as anyone who has faced a terminal illness knows." [1]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 18

1  A fool delights not in understanding

What do the individual words in Proverbs 18:11 mean?

Wealth [is] of the rich man city his strong and like a wall high in his own esteem
ה֣וֹן עָ֭שִׁיר קִרְיַ֣ת עֻזּ֑וֹ וּכְחוֹמָ֥ה נִ֝שְׂגָּבָ֗ה בְּמַשְׂכִּיתֽוֹ

ה֣וֹן  Wealth  [is] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: הֹון  
Sense: wealth, riches, substance.
עָ֭שִׁיר  of  the  rich  man 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: עָשִׁיר  
Sense: rich, wealthy n.
קִרְיַ֣ת  city 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: קִרְיָה 
Sense: city, town.
עֻזּ֑וֹ  his  strong 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עֹז  
Sense: might, strength.
וּכְחוֹמָ֥ה  and  like  a  wall 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֹומָה  
Sense: wall.
נִ֝שְׂגָּבָ֗ה  high 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: שָׂגַב  
Sense: to be high, be inaccessibly high.
בְּמַשְׂכִּיתֽוֹ  in  his  own  esteem 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מַשְׂכִּית  
Sense: show-piece, figure, imagination, image, idol, picture.