The Meaning of Proverbs 29:22 Explained

Proverbs 29:22

KJV: An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

YLT: An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.

Darby: An angry man exciteth contention; and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

ASV: An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

An angry  man  stirreth up  strife,  and a furious  man  aboundeth in  transgression. 

What does Proverbs 29:22 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 29:22 mean?

An man angry stirs up strife and a man furious abounds in transgression
אִֽישׁ־ אַ֭ף יְגָרֶ֣ה מָד֑וֹן וּבַ֖עַל חֵמָ֣ה רַב־ פָּֽשַׁע

אִֽישׁ־  An  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אַ֭ף  angry 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַף 
Sense: nostril, nose, face.
יְגָרֶ֣ה  stirs  up 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּרָה  
Sense: to cause strife, stir up, contend, meddle, strive, be stirred up.
מָד֑וֹן  strife 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָדֹון  
Sense: strife, contention.
וּבַ֖עַל  and  a  man 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בָּעַל 
Sense: owner, husband, lord.
חֵמָ֣ה  furious 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֵמָא 
Sense: heat, rage, hot displeasure, indignation, anger, wrath, poison, bottles.
רַב־  abounds  in 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular construct
Root: רַב 
Sense: much, many, great.
פָּֽשַׁע  transgression 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּשַׁע  
Sense: transgression, rebellion.