The Meaning of Proverbs 23:29 Explained

Proverbs 23:29

KJV: Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

YLT: Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

Darby: Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes?

ASV: Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Who hath woe?  who hath sorrow?  who hath contentions?  who hath babbling?  who hath wounds  without cause?  who hath redness  of eyes? 

What does Proverbs 23:29 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 23

1  Consider carefully what is before you

What do the individual words in Proverbs 23:29 mean?

Who has woe has sorrow - has contentions has complaints who has wounds without cause who has redness of eyes
לְמִ֨י ؟ א֥וֹי ؟ אֲב֡וֹי [מדונים] (מִדְיָנִ֨ים ׀) ؟ שִׂ֗יחַ לְ֭מִי פְּצָעִ֣ים ؟ חִנָּ֑ם לְ֝מִ֗י חַכְלִל֥וּת ؟ עֵינָֽיִם

؟ א֥וֹי  has  woe 
Parse: Interjection
Root: אֹוי  
Sense: woe! alas! oh!.
؟ אֲב֡וֹי  has  sorrow 
Parse: Interjection
Root: אֲבֹוי  
Sense: Oh!, Woe!, (exclamation of pain—indicates desire or uneasiness).
[מדונים]  - 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
(מִדְיָנִ֨ים ׀)  has  contentions 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מָדֹון  
Sense: strife, contention.
؟ שִׂ֗יחַ  has  complaints 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שִׂיחַ  
Sense: meditation, complaint, musing.
פְּצָעִ֣ים  has  wounds 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: פֶּצַע  
Sense: bruise, wound.
؟ חִנָּ֑ם  without  cause 
Parse: Adverb
Root: חִנָּם  
Sense: freely, for nothing, without cause.
חַכְלִל֥וּת  has  redness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: חַכְלִלוּת  
Sense: redness, dullness.
؟ עֵינָֽיִם  of  eyes 
Parse: Noun, cd
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.