The Meaning of Proverbs 6:30 Explained

Proverbs 6:30

KJV: Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

YLT: They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry,

Darby: They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:

ASV: Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[Men] do not despise  a thief,  if he steal  to satisfy  his soul  when he is hungry; 

What does Proverbs 6:30 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 6

1  against indebtedness
6  idleness
12  and mischievousness
16  seven things detestable to God
20  the blessings of obedience
25  the mischief of unfaithfulness

What do the individual words in Proverbs 6:30 mean?

Not [People] do despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is starving
לֹא־ יָב֣וּזוּ לַ֭גַּנָּב כִּ֣י יִגְנ֑וֹב לְמַלֵּ֥א נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ כִּ֣י יִרְעָֽב

יָב֣וּזוּ  [People]  do  despise 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: בּוּז  
Sense: to despise, hold in contempt, hold as insignificant.
לַ֭גַּנָּב  a  thief 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: גַּנָּב  
Sense: thief.
יִגְנ֑וֹב  he  steals 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּנַב  
Sense: to steal, steal away, carry away.
לְמַלֵּ֥א  to  satisfy 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: מָלֵא 
Sense: to fill, be full.
נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ  himself 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
יִרְעָֽב  he  is  starving 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָעֵב 
Sense: to be hungry, be voracious.

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