The Meaning of Proverbs 21:24 Explained

Proverbs 21:24

KJV: Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

YLT: Proud, haughty, scorner is his name, Who is working in the wrath of pride.

Darby: Proud, arrogant, scorner is his name who dealeth in proud wrath.

ASV: The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name; He worketh in the arrogance of pride.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Proud  [and] haughty  scorner  [is] his name,  who dealeth  in proud  wrath. 

What does Proverbs 21:24 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 21

1  The king's heart in the hand of the Lord

What do the individual words in Proverbs 21:24 mean?

A presumptuous [and] haughty [man] Scoffer [is] his name He acts with arrogant pride
זֵ֣ד יָ֭הִיר לֵ֣ץ שְׁמ֑וֹ ע֝וֹשֶׂ֗ה בְּעֶבְרַ֥ת זָדֽוֹן

זֵ֣ד  A  presumptuous 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: זֵד  
Sense: arrogant, proud, insolent, presumptuous.
יָ֭הִיר  [and]  haughty  [man] 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: יָהִיר  
Sense: proud, arrogant, haughty.
לֵ֣ץ  Scoffer  [is] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: לִיץ 
Sense: to scorn, make mouths at, talk arrogantly.
שְׁמ֑וֹ  his  name 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
ע֝וֹשֶׂ֗ה  He  acts 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
בְּעֶבְרַ֥ת  with  arrogant 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֶבְרָה  
Sense: outpouring, overflow, excess, fury, wrath, arrogance.
זָדֽוֹן  pride 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָדֹון  
Sense: pride, insolence, presumptuousness, arrogance.