The Meaning of Proverbs 23:14 Explained

Proverbs 23:14

KJV: Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

YLT: Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.

Darby: thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

ASV: Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou shalt beat  him with the rod,  and shalt deliver  his soul  from hell. 

What does Proverbs 23:14 Mean?

Study Notes

hell
Heb. "Sheol," .
Sheol is, in the O.T., the place to which the dead go.
(1) Often, therefore, it is spoken of as the equivalent of the grave, merely, where all human activities cease; the terminus toward which all human life moves (e.g. Genesis 42:38 grave Job 14:13 grave Psalms 88:3 grave
(2) To the man "under the sun," the natural man, who of necessity judges from appearances, sheol seems no more than the grave-- the end and total cessation, not only of the activities of life, but of life itself. Ecclesiastes 9:5 ; Ecclesiastes 9:10
(3) But Scripture reveals sheol as a place of sorrow 2 Samuel 22:6 ; Psalms 18:5 ; Psalms 116:3 ; in which the wicked are turned Psalms 9:17 and where they are fully conscious; Isaiah 14:9-17 ; Ezekiel 32:21 see, especially, Jonah 2:2 what the belly of the great fish was to Jonah that sheol is to those who are therein). The sheol of the O.T. and hades of the N.T. (See Scofield " Luke 16:23 ") are identical.

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 23

1  Consider carefully what is before you

What do the individual words in Proverbs 23:14 mean?

You with a rod shall beat him and his soul from hell deliver
אַ֭תָּה בַּשֵּׁ֣בֶט תַּכֶּ֑נּוּ וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ מִשְּׁא֥וֹל תַּצִּֽיל

בַּשֵּׁ֣בֶט  with  a  rod 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֵׁבֶט  
Sense: rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe.
תַּכֶּ֑נּוּ  shall  beat  him 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: נָכָה  
Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ  and  his  soul 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
מִשְּׁא֥וֹל  from  hell 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, common singular
Root: שְׁאֹול  
Sense: sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit.
תַּצִּֽיל  deliver 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: נָצַל  
Sense: to snatch away, deliver, rescue, save, strip, plunder.

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