The Meaning of Proverbs 12:3 Explained

Proverbs 12:3

KJV: A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

YLT: A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.

Darby: A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

ASV: A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

A man  shall not be established  by wickedness:  but the root  of the righteous  shall not be moved. 

What does Proverbs 12:3 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 12

1  Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge

What do the individual words in Proverbs 12:3 mean?

Not is established a man by wickedness but the root of the righteous cannot be moved
לֹא־ יִכּ֣וֹן אָדָ֣ם בְּרֶ֑שַׁע וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ צַ֝דִּיקִ֗ים בַּל־ יִמּֽוֹט

יִכּ֣וֹן  is  established 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כּוּן 
Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
אָדָ֣ם  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
בְּרֶ֑שַׁע  by  wickedness 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֶשַׁע  
Sense: wrong, wickedness, guilt.
וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ  but  the  root 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֹׁרֶשׁ  
Sense: root.
צַ֝דִּיקִ֗ים  of  the  righteous 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
בַּל־  cannot 
Parse: Adverb
Root: בַּל 
Sense: not, hardly, else.
יִמּֽוֹט  be  moved 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מֹוט  
Sense: to totter, shake, slip.