The Meaning of Proverbs 24:18 Explained

Proverbs 24:18

KJV: Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

YLT: Lest Jehovah see, and it be evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.

Darby: lest Jehovah see it, and it be evil in his sight, and he turn away his anger from him.

ASV: Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Lest the LORD  see  [it], and it displease  him, and he turn away  his wrath  from him. 

What does Proverbs 24:18 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 24

1  Precepts and Warnings

What do the individual words in Proverbs 24:18 mean?

Lest see [it] Yahweh and it displease him and He turn away from Him His wrath
פֶּן־ יִרְאֶ֣ה יְ֭הוָה וְרַ֣ע בְּעֵינָ֑יו וְהֵשִׁ֖יב מֵעָלָ֣יו אַפּֽוֹ

פֶּן־  Lest 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: פֶּן  
Sense: lest, not, beware lest adv.
יִרְאֶ֣ה  see  [it] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
יְ֭הוָה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
וְרַ֣ע  and  it  displease 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מֵרֵעַ 
Sense: to be bad, be evil.
וְהֵשִׁ֖יב  and  He  turn  away 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
מֵעָלָ֣יו  from  Him 
Parse: Preposition-m, third person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
אַפּֽוֹ  His  wrath 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אַף 
Sense: nostril, nose, face.

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