The Meaning of Proverbs 21:7 Explained

Proverbs 21:7

KJV: The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

YLT: The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

Darby: The devastation of the wicked sweepeth them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

ASV: The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The robbery  of the wicked  shall destroy  them; because they refuse  to do  judgment. 

What does Proverbs 21:7 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 21

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

What do the individual words in Proverbs 21:7 mean?

The violence of the wicked will destroy them because they refuse to do justice
שֹׁד־ רְשָׁעִ֥ים יְגוֹרֵ֑ם כִּ֥י מֵ֝אֲנ֗וּ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט

שֹׁד־  The  violence 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֹׁד  
Sense: havoc, violence, destruction, devastation, ruin.
רְשָׁעִ֥ים  of  the  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
יְגוֹרֵ֑ם  will  destroy  them 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine plural
Root: גָּרַר  
Sense: to drag, drag away.
כִּ֥י  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
מֵ֝אֲנ֗וּ  they  refuse 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: מָאַן  
Sense: (Piel) to refuse.
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת  to  do 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
מִשְׁפָּֽט  justice 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.