The Meaning of Proverbs 14:11 Explained

Proverbs 14:11

KJV: The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

YLT: The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.

Darby: The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; but the tent of the upright shall flourish.

ASV: The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The house  of the wicked  shall be overthrown:  but the tabernacle  of the upright  shall flourish. 

What does Proverbs 14:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 14

1  A wise woman builds her house

What do the individual words in Proverbs 14:11 mean?

The house of the wicked will be overthrown but the tent of the upright will flourish
בֵּ֣ית רְ֭שָׁעִים יִשָּׁמֵ֑ד וְאֹ֖הֶל יְשָׁרִ֣ים יַפְרִֽיחַ

בֵּ֣ית  The  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
רְ֭שָׁעִים  of  the  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
יִשָּׁמֵ֑ד  will  be  overthrown 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַד  
Sense: to destroy, exterminate, be destroyed, be exterminated.
וְאֹ֖הֶל  but  the  tent 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אֹהֶל  
Sense: tent.
יְשָׁרִ֣ים  of  the  upright 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: יָשָׁר 
Sense: straight, upright, correct, right.
יַפְרִֽיחַ  will  flourish 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: פָּרַח 
Sense: to bud, sprout, shoot, bloom.