The Meaning of Proverbs 12:28 Explained

Proverbs 12:28

KJV: In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

YLT: In the path of righteousness is life, And in the way of that path is no death!

Darby: In the path of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

ASV: In the way of righteousness is life; And in the pathway thereof there is no death.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

In the way  of righteousness  [is] life;  and [in] the pathway  [thereof there is] no death. 

What does Proverbs 12:28 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 12

1  Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge

What do the individual words in Proverbs 12:28 mean?

In the way of righteousness [is] life and in [its] pathway [there is] no death
בְּאֹֽרַח־ צְדָקָ֥ה חַיִּ֑ים וְדֶ֖רֶךְ נְתִיבָ֣ה אַל־ מָֽוֶת‪‬

בְּאֹֽרַח־  In  the  way 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common singular construct
Root: אֹרַח  
Sense: way, path.
צְדָקָ֥ה  of  righteousness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: צְדָקָה  
Sense: justice, righteousness.
חַיִּ֑ים  [is]  life 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
נְתִיבָ֣ה  in  [its]  pathway 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נָתִיב 
Sense: trodden with the feet, path, pathway.
אַל־  [there  is]  no 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַל  
Sense: not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference).
מָֽוֶת‪‬  death 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָוֶת  
Sense: death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead.