The Meaning of Proverbs 12:14 Explained

Proverbs 12:14

KJV: A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

YLT: From the fruit of the mouth is one satisfied with good, And the deed of man's hands returneth to him.

Darby: A man is satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

ASV: A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; And the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

A man  shall be satisfied  with good  by the fruit  of [his] mouth:  and the recompence  of a man's  hands  shall be rendered  {08675;07725:08799} unto him. 

What does Proverbs 12:14 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 12

1  Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge

What do the individual words in Proverbs 12:14 mean?

By the fruit of [his] mouth a man will be satisfied with good and the recompense of hands of a man - will be rendered to him
מִפְּרִ֣י פִי־ אִ֭ישׁ יִשְׂבַּע־ ט֑וֹב וּגְמ֥וּל יְדֵי־ אָ֝דָ֗ם [ישוב] (יָשִׁ֥יב) לֽוֹ

מִפְּרִ֣י  By  the  fruit 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: פְּרִי  
Sense: fruit.
פִי־  of  [his]  mouth 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: פֶּה  
Sense: mouth.
אִ֭ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
יִשְׂבַּע־  will  be  satisfied 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׂבַע  
Sense: to be satisfied, be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited.
ט֑וֹב  with  good 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
וּגְמ֥וּל  and  the  recompense 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: גְּמוּל  
Sense: dealing, recompense, benefit.
יְדֵי־  of  hands 
Parse: Noun, fdc
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
אָ֝דָ֗ם  of  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
[ישוב]  - 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
(יָשִׁ֥יב)  will  be  rendered 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
לֽוֹ  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular