The Meaning of Proverbs 28:12 Explained

Proverbs 28:12

KJV: When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

YLT: In the exulting of the righteous the glory is abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.

Darby: When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men conceal themselves.

ASV: When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

When righteous  [men] do rejoice,  [there is] great  glory:  but when the wicked  rise,  a man  is hidden. 

What does Proverbs 28:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 28

1  general observations of impiety and integrity

What do the individual words in Proverbs 28:12 mean?

When rejoice the righteous great [there is] glory but when arise the wicked hide themselves men
בַּעֲלֹ֣ץ צַ֭דִּיקִים רַבָּ֣ה תִפְאָ֑רֶת וּבְק֥וּם רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים יְחֻפַּ֥שׂ אָדָֽם

בַּעֲלֹ֣ץ  When  rejoice 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: עָלַץ  
Sense: to rejoice, exult.
צַ֭דִּיקִים  the  righteous 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
רַבָּ֣ה  great 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: רַב 
Sense: much, many, great.
תִפְאָ֑רֶת  [there  is]  glory 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תִּפְאֶרֶת  
Sense: beauty, splendour, glory.
וּבְק֥וּם  but  when  arise 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים  the  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
יְחֻפַּ֥שׂ  hide  themselves 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָפַשׂ  
Sense: to search, search for, to search out, disguise oneself.
אָדָֽם  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.