The Meaning of Proverbs 23:16 Explained

Proverbs 23:16

KJV: Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

YLT: And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.

Darby: and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.

ASV: Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Yea, my reins  shall rejoice,  when thy lips  speak  right things. 

What does Proverbs 23:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 23

1  Consider carefully what is before you

What do the individual words in Proverbs 23:16 mean?

And Yes will rejoice my inmost being when speak your lips right things
וְתַעְלֹ֥זְנָה כִלְיוֹתָ֑י בְּדַבֵּ֥ר שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יךָ מֵישָׁרִֽים

וְתַעְלֹ֥זְנָה  And  Yes  will  rejoice 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: עָלַז  
Sense: (Qal) to exult, rejoice, triumph.
כִלְיוֹתָ֑י  my  inmost  being 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: כִּלְיָה  
Sense: kidneys.
בְּדַבֵּ֥ר  when  speak 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יךָ  your  lips 
Parse: Noun, fdc, second person masculine singular
Root: שָׂפָה  
Sense: lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding.
מֵישָׁרִֽים  right  things 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מֵישָׁרִים  
Sense: evenness, uprightness, straightness, equity.

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