The Meaning of Proverbs 22:27 Explained

Proverbs 22:27

KJV: If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

YLT: If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?

Darby: if thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

ASV: If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

If thou hast nothing to pay,  why should he take away  thy bed  from under thee? 

What does Proverbs 22:27 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 22

1  A good name is more desirable than great wealth

What do the individual words in Proverbs 22:27 mean?

If have nothing [with which] you to pay why should he take away Your bed from under you
אִם־ אֵֽין־ לְךָ֥ לְשַׁלֵּ֑ם לָ֥מָּה יִקַּ֥ח מִ֝שְׁכָּבְךָ֗ מִתַּחְתֶּֽיךָ

אֵֽין־  have  nothing  [with  which] 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
לְשַׁלֵּ֑ם  to  pay 
Parse: Preposition, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: שָׁלֵם  
Sense: .
לָ֥מָּה  why 
Parse: Interrogative
Root: לָמָּה 
Sense: what, how, of what kind.
יִקַּ֥ח  should  he  take  away 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
מִ֝שְׁכָּבְךָ֗  Your  bed 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁכָּב  
Sense: a lying down, couch, bier, act of lying.
מִתַּחְתֶּֽיךָ  from  under  you 
Parse: Preposition, Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.

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