The Meaning of Proverbs 23:33 Explained

Proverbs 23:33

KJV: Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

YLT: Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.

Darby: Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;

ASV: Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thine eyes  shall behold  strange women,  and thine heart  shall utter  perverse things. 

What does Proverbs 23:33 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 23

1  Consider carefully what is before you

What do the individual words in Proverbs 23:33 mean?

Your eyes will see strange things and your heart will utter perverse things
עֵ֭ינֶיךָ יִרְא֣וּ זָר֑וֹת וְ֝לִבְּךָ֗ יְדַבֵּ֥ר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת

עֵ֭ינֶיךָ  Your  eyes 
Parse: Noun, cdc, second person masculine singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
יִרְא֣וּ  will  see 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
זָר֑וֹת  strange  things 
Parse: Adjective, feminine plural
Root: זוּר 
Sense: to be strange, be a stranger.
וְ֝לִבְּךָ֗  and  your  heart 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
יְדַבֵּ֥ר  will  utter 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת  perverse  things 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: תַּהְפֻּכֹות  
Sense: perversity, perverse thing.