The Meaning of Proverbs 18:3 Explained

Proverbs 18:3

KJV: When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

YLT: With the coming of the wicked come also hath contempt, And with shame -- reproach.

Darby: When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

ASV: When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy cometh reproach.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

When the wicked  cometh,  [then] cometh  also contempt,  and with ignominy  reproach. 

What does Proverbs 18:3 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 18

1  A fool delights not in understanding

What do the individual words in Proverbs 18:3 mean?

When comes the wicked comes also contempt and with dishonor [comes] reproach
בְּֽבוֹא־ רָ֭שָׁע בָּ֣א גַם־ בּ֑וּז וְֽעִם־ קָל֥וֹן חֶרְפָּֽה

בְּֽבוֹא־  When  comes 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
רָ֭שָׁע  the  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
בָּ֣א  comes 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
גַם־  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
בּ֑וּז  contempt 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בּוּז  
Sense: contempt.
וְֽעִם־  and  with 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.
קָל֥וֹן  dishonor 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קָלֹון  
Sense: shame, disgrace, dishonour, ignominy.
חֶרְפָּֽה  [comes]  reproach 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶרְפָּה  
Sense: reproach, scorn.