The Meaning of Proverbs 29:1 Explained

Proverbs 29:1

KJV: He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

YLT: A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

Darby: He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and without remedy.

ASV: He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He,  that being often reproved  hardeneth  [his] neck,  shall suddenly  be destroyed,  and that without remedy. 

What does Proverbs 29:1 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 29

1  observations of public government
15  and of private
22  Of anger, pride, thievery, cowardice and corruption

What do the individual words in Proverbs 29:1 mean?

The man who is [often] rebuked [and] hardens [his] neck suddenly will be destroyed that without remedy
אִ֣ישׁ תּ֭וֹכָחוֹת מַקְשֶׁה־ עֹ֑רֶף פֶּ֥תַע יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗ר וְאֵ֣ין מַרְפֵּֽא

אִ֣ישׁ  The  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
תּ֭וֹכָחוֹת  who  is  [often]  rebuked 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: תֹּוכֵחָה 
Sense: rebuke, correction, reproof, punishment, chastisement.
מַקְשֶׁה־  [and]  hardens 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular
Root: קָשָׁה  
Sense: to be hard, be severe, be fierce, be harsh.
עֹ֑רֶף  [his]  neck 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹרֶף  
Sense: neck, back of the neck, back.
פֶּ֥תַע  suddenly 
Parse: Adverb
Root: פֶּתַע  
Sense: suddenness, in an instant.
יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗ר  will  be  destroyed 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁבוּר 
Sense: to break, break in pieces.
וְאֵ֣ין  that  without 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
מַרְפֵּֽא  remedy 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַרְפֵּא 
Sense: health, healing, cure.