The Meaning of Proverbs 19:27 Explained

Proverbs 19:27

KJV: Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

YLT: Cease, my son, to hear instruction -- To err from sayings of knowledge.

Darby: Cease, my son, to hear the instruction which causeth to stray from the words of knowledge.

ASV: Cease, my son, to hear instruction Only to err from the words of knowledge.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Cease,  my son,  to hear  the instruction  [that causeth] to err  from the words  of knowledge. 

What does Proverbs 19:27 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 19

1  Life and Conduct

What do the individual words in Proverbs 19:27 mean?

Cease my son listening to instruction and you will stray from the words of knowledge
חַֽדַל־ בְּ֭נִי‪‬ לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ מוּסָ֑ר לִ֝שְׁג֗וֹת מֵֽאִמְרֵי־ דָֽעַת

חַֽדַל־  Cease 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: חָדַל 
Sense: to stop, cease, desist, forego, cease to be, leave undone, forbear.
בְּ֭נִי‪‬  my  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ  listening  to 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
מוּסָ֑ר  instruction 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מוּסָר  
Sense: discipline, chastening, correction.
לִ֝שְׁג֗וֹת  and  you  will  stray 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: שָׁגָה  
Sense: to go astray, stray, err.
מֵֽאִמְרֵי־  from  the  words 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֵמֶר 
Sense: utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command.
דָֽעַת  of  knowledge 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: דַּעַת 
Sense: knowledge.