The Meaning of Proverbs 29:10 Explained

Proverbs 29:10

KJV: The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

YLT: Men of blood hate the perfect, And the upright seek his soul.

Darby: The bloodthirsty hate the perfect, but the upright care for his soul.

ASV: The bloodthirsty hate him that is perfect; And as for the upright, they seek his life.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The bloodthirsty  hate  the upright:  but the just  seek  his soul. 

What does Proverbs 29:10 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 29:10 mean?

A man the bloodthirsty hate the blameless but the upright seek his well-being
אַנְשֵׁ֣י דָ֭מִים יִשְׂנְאוּ־ תָ֑ם וִֽ֝ישָׁרִ֗ים יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ נַפְשֽׁוֹ

אַנְשֵׁ֣י  A  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֱנׄושׁ 
Sense: man, mortal man, person, mankind.
דָ֭מִים  the  bloodthirsty 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: דָּם  
Sense: blood.
יִשְׂנְאוּ־  hate 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׂנֵא  
Sense: to hate, be hateful.
תָ֑ם  the  blameless 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: תָּם  
Sense: perfect, complete.
וִֽ֝ישָׁרִ֗ים  but  the  upright 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: יָשָׁר 
Sense: straight, upright, correct, right.
יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ  seek 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: בָּקַשׁ  
Sense: to seek, require, desire, exact, request.
נַפְשֽׁוֹ  his  well-being 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.