The Meaning of Proverbs 26:12 Explained

Proverbs 26:12

KJV: Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

YLT: Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!

Darby: Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

ASV: Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Seest  thou a man  wise  in his own conceit?  [there is] more hope  of a fool  than of him. 

What does Proverbs 26:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 26

1  observations about fools
13  about sluggards
17  and about contentious busybodies

What do the individual words in Proverbs 26:12 mean?

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes [There is] more hope for a fool than for him
רָאִ֗יתָ אִ֭ישׁ חָכָ֣ם ؟ בְּעֵינָ֑יו תִּקְוָ֖ה לִכְסִ֣יל מִמֶּֽנּוּ

רָאִ֗יתָ  Do  you  see 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
אִ֭ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
חָכָ֣ם  wise 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: חָכָם  
Sense: wise, wise (man).
؟ בְּעֵינָ֑יו  in  his  own  eyes 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, cdc, third person masculine singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
תִּקְוָ֖ה  [There  is]  more  hope 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תִּקְוָה 
Sense: cord.
לִכְסִ֣יל  for  a  fool 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּסִיל  
Sense: fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one.
מִמֶּֽנּוּ  than  for  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.