The Meaning of Proverbs 14:19 Explained

Proverbs 14:19

KJV: The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

YLT: The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Darby: The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous man.

ASV: The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The evil  bow  before  the good;  and the wicked  at the gates  of the righteous. 

What does Proverbs 14:19 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 14

1  A wise woman builds her house

What do the individual words in Proverbs 14:19 mean?

Will bow the evil before the good and the wicked at the gates of the righteous
שַׁח֣וּ רָ֭עִים לִפְנֵ֣י טוֹבִ֑ים וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗ים עַֽל־ שַׁעֲרֵ֥י צַדִּֽיק

שַׁח֣וּ  Will  bow 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: שָׁחַח 
Sense: to bow, crouch, bow down, be bowed down.
רָ֭עִים  the  evil 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רַע 
Sense: bad, evil.
לִפְנֵ֣י  before 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
טוֹבִ֑ים  the  good 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗ים  and  the  wicked 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
עַֽל־  at 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
שַׁעֲרֵ֥י  the  gates 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
צַדִּֽיק  of  the  righteous 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.