The Meaning of Proverbs 10:3 Explained

Proverbs 10:3

KJV: The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

YLT: Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.

Darby: Jehovah suffereth not the soul of the righteous man to famish; but he repelleth the craving of the wicked.

ASV: Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 10:3?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 10:3 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 10:3 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Proverbs 10:3?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The LORD  will not suffer  the soul  of the righteous  to famish:  but he casteth away  the substance  of the wicked. 

What does Proverbs 10:3 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The righteous will not lack what is most important in life, though they may lack food. Conversely, God will not meet the deepest cravings of the wicked because they have rejected His ways.
"The wicked are condemned to live forever with their unfulfilled, and so sterile, desires, which cannot be transformed into practical attainment." [1]

Context Summary

Proverbs 10:1-16 - The Righteous And The Wicked
Wealth has its advantages, which are more than apparent. The rich man's wealth is his strong city, Proverbs 10:15; but the treasures which have been obtained by wickedness are soon dissipated. They profit nothing, Proverbs 10:2. This book contains the striking thought that ill-earned wealth is never gathered for the benefit of the possessor, but rather for the benefit of the righteous, and must be useless until it gets into hands which will use it benevolently and rightly.
But there is another kind of wealth, which will never take wings to fly away, which no moth can corrupt nor thief steal, and which will avail not only here but here-after. Note the antithesis of Proverbs 10:2. If you would increase your wealth, give it away. See Proverbs 10:4.
The covering work of love, referred to in Proverbs 10:12, is emphasized in 1 Corinthians 13:7, r.v., margin, 1 Peter 4:8, and James 5:20. God covers sin, so that the memory of it is obliterated, Ezekiel 33:16. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 10

1  Proverbs of Solomon: observations of moral virtues, and their contrary vices

What do the individual words in Proverbs 10:3 mean?

Not will allow to famish Yahweh the soul righteous but the desire of the wicked He casts away
לֹֽא־ יַרְעִ֣יב יְ֭הוָה נֶ֣פֶשׁ צַדִּ֑יק וְהַוַּ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים יֶהְדֹּֽף

יַרְעִ֣יב  will  allow  to  famish 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָעֵב 
Sense: to be hungry, be voracious.
יְ֭הוָה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
נֶ֣פֶשׁ  the  soul 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
צַדִּ֑יק  righteous 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
וְהַוַּ֖ת  but  the  desire 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: הַוָּה 
Sense: desire.
רְשָׁעִ֣ים  of  the  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
יֶהְדֹּֽף  He  casts  away 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הָדַף  
Sense: to thrust, push, drive, cast away, cast out, expel, thrust away.

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