The Meaning of Proverbs 2:22 Explained

Proverbs 2:22

KJV: But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

YLT: And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!

Darby: but the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful shall be plucked up out of it.

ASV: But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But the wicked  shall be cut off  from the earth,  and the transgressors  shall be rooted out  of it. 

What does Proverbs 2:22 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 2:1-22 - Wisdom Guards From Evil
Several words are reiterated in this chapter, which will unlock its treasures. Understanding, Proverbs 2:2-3; Proverbs 2:5; Proverbs 2:9; Proverbs 2:11. If wisdom is a moral quality, leading to intuitive knowledge, understanding may be taken to include something of a prophetic strain. Understanding gathers up and makes use of the results of observation and experience, whether of oneself or of others.
Notice also the word walk, Proverbs 2:7; Proverbs 2:13; way, Proverbs 2:8; Proverbs 2:12-13; Proverbs 2:15; Proverbs 2:20; paths, Proverbs 2:8; Proverbs 2:13; Proverbs 2:15; Proverbs 2:18-20. See how eager the Divine Teacher is (l) to deliver the unwary from the way of the evil man, Proverbs 2:12, and from the way of the evil woman, Proverbs 2:16; and (2) to direct the feet of the young into the ways of the good and into the paths of the righteous, Proverbs 2:20. The path of safety and permanence is that in which we are perpetually conscious of the presence of the Master, Christ. He is the unseen companion of the soul in its difficult and perilous pilgrimage; and we may, in that companionship, appropriate the buckler of Proverbs 2:7, the integrity of Proverbs 2:8, and the stability of Proverbs 2:21. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 2

1  wisdom promises godliness to her children
10  and safety from evil company
20  and direction in good ways

What do the individual words in Proverbs 2:22 mean?

But the wicked from the earth will be cut off and the unfaithful will be uprooted from it -
וּ֭רְשָׁעִים מֵאֶ֣רֶץ יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים יִסְּח֥וּ מִמֶּֽנָּה פ

וּ֭רְשָׁעִים  But  the  wicked 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
מֵאֶ֣רֶץ  from  the  earth 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ  will  be  cut  off 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: כָּרַת  
Sense: to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant.
וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים  and  the  unfaithful 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: בָּגַד  
Sense: to act treacherously, deceitfully, deal treacherously.
יִסְּח֥וּ  will  be  uprooted 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָסַח  
Sense: to pull or tear away.
מִמֶּֽנָּה  from  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
פ    - 
Parse: Punctuation