The Meaning of Proverbs 26:27 Explained

Proverbs 26:27

KJV: Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

YLT: Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.

Darby: Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.

ASV: Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Whoso diggeth  a pit  shall fall  therein: and he that rolleth  a stone,  it will return  upon him. 

What does Proverbs 26:27 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 26

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

What do the individual words in Proverbs 26:27 mean?

Whoever digs a pit into it will fall and he who rolls a stone on him will have it roll back
כֹּֽרֶה־ שַּׁ֭חַת בָּ֣הּ יִפֹּ֑ל וְגֹ֥לֵ֥ל אֶ֝בֶן אֵלָ֥יו תָּשֽׁוּב

כֹּֽרֶה־  Whoever  digs 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: כּוּר 
Sense: to dig, excavate, dig through.
שַּׁ֭חַת  a  pit 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שַׁחַת  
Sense: pit, destruction, grave.
בָּ֣הּ  into  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
יִפֹּ֑ל  will  fall 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
וְגֹ֥לֵ֥ל  and  he  who  rolls 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: גָּלַל 
Sense: to roll, roll away, roll down, roll together.
אֶ֝בֶן  a  stone 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶבֶן  
Sense: stone (large or small).
אֵלָ֥יו  on  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
תָּשֽׁוּב  will  have  it  roll  back 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.