The Meaning of Proverbs 28:24 Explained

Proverbs 28:24

KJV: Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

YLT: Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, 'It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.

Darby: Whoso robbeth his father and his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer.

ASV: Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, The same is the companion of a destroyer.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Whoso robbeth  his father  or his mother,  and saith,  [It is] no transgression;  the same [is] the companion  of a destroyer. 

What does Proverbs 28:24 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 28

1  general observations of impiety and integrity

What do the individual words in Proverbs 28:24 mean?

Whoever robs his father or his mother and says [it is] no transgression companion He[is] to a destroyer
גּוֹזֵ֤ל ׀ אָ֘בִ֤יו וְאִמּ֗וֹ וְאֹמֵ֥ר אֵֽין־ פָּ֑שַׁע חָבֵ֥ר ה֝֗וּא לְאִ֣ישׁ מַשְׁחִֽית

גּוֹזֵ֤ל ׀  Whoever  robs 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: גָּזַל  
Sense: to tear away, seize, plunder, tear off, pull off, rob, take away by force.
אָ֘בִ֤יו  his  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
וְאִמּ֗וֹ  or  his  mother 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֵם  
Sense: mother.
וְאֹמֵ֥ר  and  says 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֵֽין־  [it  is]  no 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
פָּ֑שַׁע  transgression 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּשַׁע  
Sense: transgression, rebellion.
חָבֵ֥ר  companion 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: חָבֵר  
Sense: united.
ה֝֗וּא  He[is] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
מַשְׁחִֽית  a  destroyer 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular
Root: שָׁחַת  
Sense: to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay.