The Meaning of Proverbs 7:15 Explained

Proverbs 7:15

KJV: Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

YLT: Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee.

Darby: therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee.

ASV: Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Therefore came I forth  to meet  thee, diligently to seek  thy face,  and I have found  thee. 

What does Proverbs 7:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 7

1  Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom
6  In an example of his own experience he shows
10  the cunning of a harlot
22  and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton
24  He detests such wickedness

What do the individual words in Proverbs 7:15 mean?

Therefore so I came out to meet you to Diligently seek your face and I have found you
עַל־ כֵּ֭ן יָצָ֣אתִי לִקְרָאתֶ֑ךָ לְשַׁחֵ֥ר פָּ֝נֶ֗יךָ וָאֶמְצָאֶֽךָּ

כֵּ֭ן  so 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
יָצָ֣אתִי  I  came  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
לִקְרָאתֶ֑ךָ  to  meet  you 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, second person masculine singular
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to encounter, befall, meet.
לְשַׁחֵ֥ר  to  Diligently  seek 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: שָׁחַר  
Sense: to seek, seek early or earnestly, look early or diligently for.
פָּ֝נֶ֗יךָ  your  face 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
וָאֶמְצָאֶֽךָּ  and  I  have  found  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular, second person masculine singular
Root: מָצָא  
Sense: to find, attain to.

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