The Meaning of Proverbs 24:8 Explained

Proverbs 24:8

KJV: He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

YLT: Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts.

Darby: He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a master of intrigues.

ASV: He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief-maker.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He that deviseth  to do evil  shall be called  a mischievous  person. 

What does Proverbs 24:8 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 24

1  Precepts and Warnings

What do the individual words in Proverbs 24:8 mean?

He who plots to do evil to a schemer will be called
מְחַשֵּׁ֥ב לְהָרֵ֑עַ ל֝֗וֹ בַּֽעַל־ מְזִמּ֥וֹת יִקְרָֽאוּ

מְחַשֵּׁ֥ב  He  who  plots 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular
Root: חָשַׁב 
Sense: to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count.
לְהָרֵ֑עַ  to  do  evil 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: מֵרֵעַ 
Sense: to be bad, be evil.
מְזִמּ֥וֹת  schemer 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: מְזִמָּה  
Sense: purpose, discretion, device, plot.
יִקְרָֽאוּ  will  be  called 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.