The Meaning of Proverbs 24:29 Explained

Proverbs 24:29

KJV: Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

YLT: Say not, 'As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'

Darby: Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.

ASV: Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Say  not, I will do  so to him as he hath done  to me: I will render  to the man  according to his work. 

What does Proverbs 24:29 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The quotation in this verse, which the sage advised against, expresses the opposite of the golden rule (cf. Proverbs 20:22; Matthew 5:43-45; Romans 12:9).

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 24

1  Precepts and Warnings

What do the individual words in Proverbs 24:29 mean?

Not do say as he has done to me just I will do to him I will render to the man according to his work
אַל־ תֹּאמַ֗ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָֽשָׂה־ לִ֭י כֵּ֤ן אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ לּ֑וֹ אָשִׁ֖יב לָאִ֣ישׁ כְּפָעֳלֽוֹ

תֹּאמַ֗ר  do  say 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
עָֽשָׂה־  he  has  done 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לִ֭י  to  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
כֵּ֤ן  just 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־  I  will  do 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לּ֑וֹ  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
אָשִׁ֖יב  I  will  render 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
לָאִ֣ישׁ  to  the  man 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
כְּפָעֳלֽוֹ  according  to  his  work 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: פֹּעַל  
Sense: work, deed, doing.