The Meaning of Proverbs 3:30 Explained

Proverbs 3:30

KJV: Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

YLT: Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.

Darby: Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

ASV: Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 3:30?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 3:30 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 3:30 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Proverbs 3:30?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Strive  not with a man  without cause,  if he have done  thee no harm. 

What does Proverbs 3:30 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 3:27-35 - The Counsels Of Experience.
Here are many duties! Be generous! Of course we must discriminate-to whom it is due; and we must be prudent-when it is in the power of thine hand, Proverbs 3:27. Moreover, be prompt, Proverbs 3:28. Don't stir up strife or take a mean advantage, Proverbs 3:29-30. In the presence of the prosperity of the violent and evil man, repress envy and recall Psalms 37:1-40.
The word translated secret in Proverbs 3:32 should be rendered "friendship." See Psalms 25:14. Remember that Jesus calls us into this sacred inner circle, John 15:15. Count on God blessing your home-life, Proverbs 3:33. Be lowly and claim your great inheritance, Proverbs 3:34-35. See Matthew 5:3.
We are next admitted into an ancient Hebrew home, Proverbs 4:1-9. We can hear the old patriarch advising his son, with deep and fond anxiety, that he should make the best of his life. What a difference would come over the land if fathers spoke more often like this! But to speak thus needs a background of noble living. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 3

1  various exhortations
13  The gain of wisdom
27  Exhortation to goodness
33  the different state of the wicked and upright

What do the individual words in Proverbs 3:30 mean?

Not - do strive with a man without cause if no he has done you harm
אַל־ [תרוב] (תָּרִ֣יב) עִם־ אָדָ֣ם חִנָּ֑ם אִם־ לֹ֖א גְמָלְךָ֣ רָעָֽה

[תרוב]  - 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
(תָּרִ֣יב)  do  strive 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: רִיב  
Sense: to strive, contend.
אָדָ֣ם  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
חִנָּ֑ם  without  cause 
Parse: Adverb
Root: חִנָּם  
Sense: freely, for nothing, without cause.
לֹ֖א  no 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
גְמָלְךָ֣  he  has  done  you 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, second person masculine singular
Root: גָּמַל  
Sense: to deal fully with, recompense.
רָעָֽה  harm 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: רַע 
Sense: bad, evil.

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