The Meaning of Proverbs 3:19 Explained

Proverbs 3:19

KJV: The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

YLT: Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.

Darby: Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.

ASV: Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 3:19?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 3:19 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 3:19 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Proverbs 3:19?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The LORD  by wisdom  hath founded  the earth;  by understanding  hath he established  the heavens. 

What does Proverbs 3:19 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 3:13-26 - Wisdom's Ways Of Pleasantness
Wisdom is susceptible of cultivation. It is a mine that needs to be worked with patient toil. Compare Proverbs 3:13-15 with Job 28:18. It is comparable to a noble woman, who approaches us with full-handed beneficence, Proverbs 3:16-17. It may be described as a tree, requiring careful tendance and bearing fruit for the patient cultivator, Proverbs 3:18. And we may turn from our own little lives to see the mighty results of divine wisdom in Creation and Providence. We are made in the image of God, our minds are able to appreciate His mind, and we think over again, as Kepler said, the thoughts of God, Proverbs 3:19-20.
Learn the security of the life which is built on the eternal principles of this book. It has no fear. Its repose is unbroken by alarm. It is at peace with itself, with man, and with God. This is not the result of our calculating prudence, but because we exercise ourselves to have consciences void of offense toward God and man; and because the God of patience, of hope, and of peace is with us. See Romans 15:5; Romans 15:13; Romans 15:33. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 3

1  various exhortations
13  The gain of wisdom
27  Exhortation to goodness
33  the different state of the wicked and upright

What do the individual words in Proverbs 3:19 mean?

Yahweh by wisdom founded the earth He established the heavens by understanding
יְֽהוָ֗ה בְּחָכְמָ֥ה יָֽסַד־ אָ֑רֶץ כּוֹנֵ֥ן שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם בִּתְבוּנָֽה

יְֽהוָ֗ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
בְּחָכְמָ֥ה  by  wisdom 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חָכְמָה  
Sense: wisdom.
יָֽסַד־  founded 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָסַד 
Sense: to found, fix, establish, lay foundation.
אָ֑רֶץ  the  earth 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
כּוֹנֵ֥ן  He  established 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כּוּן 
Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם  the  heavens 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
בִּתְבוּנָֽה  by  understanding 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּבוּנָה 
Sense: understanding, intelligence.

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