The Meaning of Proverbs 26:10 Explained

Proverbs 26:10

KJV: The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

YLT: Great is the Former of all, And He is rewarding a fool, And is rewarding transgressors.

Darby: A master roughly worketh every one: he both hireth the fool and hireth passers-by.

ASV: As an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The great  [God] that formed  all [things] both rewardeth  the fool,  and rewardeth  transgressors. 

What does Proverbs 26:10 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 26

1  observations about fools
13  about sluggards
17  and about contentious busybodies

What do the individual words in Proverbs 26:10 mean?

The great [God] who formed everything and Gives [his] hire the fool and [his] wages the transgressor
רַ֥ב מְחֽוֹלֵֽל־ כֹּ֑ל וְשֹׂכֵ֥ר כְּ֝סִ֗יל וְשֹׂכֵ֥ר עֹבְרִֽים

רַ֥ב  The  great  [God] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: רַב 
Sense: much, many, great.
מְחֽוֹלֵֽל־  who  formed 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular
Root: חוּל 
Sense: to twist, whirl, dance, writhe, fear, tremble, travail, be in anguish, be pained.
כֹּ֑ל  everything 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
וְשֹׂכֵ֥ר  and  Gives  [his]  hire 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: סָכַר  
Sense: to hire.
כְּ֝סִ֗יל  the  fool 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּסִיל  
Sense: fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one.
וְשֹׂכֵ֥ר  and  [his]  wages 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: סָכַר  
Sense: to hire.
עֹבְרִֽים  the  transgressor 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.

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