The Meaning of Proverbs 29:7 Explained

Proverbs 29:7

KJV: The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

YLT: The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.

Darby: The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; the wicked understandeth not knowledge.

ASV: The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know it .

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The righteous  considereth  the cause  of the poor:  [but] the wicked  regardeth  not to know  [it]. 

What does Proverbs 29:7 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 29

1  observations of public government
15  and of private
22  Of anger, pride, thievery, cowardice and corruption

What do the individual words in Proverbs 29:7 mean?

Considers the righteous the cause of the poor [But] the wicked not does understand [such] knowledge
יֹדֵ֣עַ צַ֭דִּיק דִּ֣ין דַּלִּ֑ים רָ֝שָׁ֗ע לֹא־ יָבִ֥ין דָּֽעַת

יֹדֵ֣עַ  Considers 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
צַ֭דִּיק  the  righteous 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
דִּ֣ין  the  cause 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: דִּין 
Sense: judgment.
דַּלִּ֑ים  of  the  poor 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural construct
Root: דַּל  
Sense: low, poor, weak, thin, one who is low.
רָ֝שָׁ֗ע  [But]  the  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
יָבִ֥ין  does  understand 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בִּין  
Sense: to discern, understand, consider.
דָּֽעַת  [such]  knowledge 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: דַּעַת 
Sense: knowledge.