The Meaning of Proverbs 1:18 Explained

Proverbs 1:18

KJV: And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

YLT: And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.

Darby: And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

ASV: And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 1:18?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 1:18 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 1:18 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Proverbs 1:18?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they lay wait  for their [own] blood;  they lurk privily  for their [own] lives. 

What does Proverbs 1:18 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 1:1-19 - "the Beginning Of Knowledge"
Notice the perfect balance of each clause, and the duplication of the one thought in the two clauses of each verse.
Wisdom as used in this book is more than intellectual learning or cleverness. It represents a moral quality, the result of a pure and a true life. We are conscious that many simple-minded people, who have little enough book-learning, are remarkable for sagacious advice, insight into character, the wise reading of events, an intuitive knowledge-all based on the fear of God. The headlines of Scotch copy-books used to be taken from this book. Certain it is that the young who ponder and practice these maxims can hardly fail of a successful career. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 1

1  The use of the proverbs
7  An exhortation to fear God, and believe his word
10  to avoid the enticing of sinners
20  Wisdom complains of her contempt
24  She threatens her contemners

What do the individual words in Proverbs 1:18 mean?

But they for their [own] blood lie in wait they lurk secretly for their [own] lives
וְ֭הֵם לְדָמָ֣ם יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּ יִ֝צְפְּנ֗וּ לְנַפְשֹׁתָֽם

וְ֭הֵם  But  they 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
לְדָמָ֣ם  for  their  [own]  blood 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: דָּם  
Sense: blood.
יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּ  lie  in  wait 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אָרַב  
Sense: to lie in wait, ambush, lurk.
יִ֝צְפְּנ֗וּ  they  lurk  secretly 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: צָפַן 
Sense: to hide, treasure, treasure or store up.
לְנַפְשֹׁתָֽם  for  their  [own]  lives 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.

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