The Meaning of Proverbs 8:31 Explained

Proverbs 8:31

KJV: Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

YLT: Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights are with the sons of men.

Darby: rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.

ASV: Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Rejoicing  in the habitable part  of his earth;  and my delights  [were] with the sons  of men. 

What does Proverbs 8:31 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 8:22-36 - Finding Wisdom, Finding Life
The world did not come into being by chance. It was created by an intelligent Creator. Nothing is arbitrary or by accident. Law is the expression of the perfect will of God. It is founded on the inherent necessity which is at the heart of all things; and it is according to unchanging law that all things subsist. Yet never forget that God is Redeemer, as well as Creator, and reserves to Himself the right of suffering the infliction of a broken law, that He may step in to redeem those who are penitent and believing.
It would seem as if in Luke 7:35 our Lord appropriated these sublime words as applicable to Himself. How glorious it is that He appropriates Proverbs 8:31! He does not delight in us after we are redeemed, but before; and it is on this that He bases His appeal: Blessed are they that keep My ways, Proverbs 8:32. Let us watch daily at His gates, and wait at the posts of His doors. For to find Him is to find eternal life, 1 John 4:19. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 8

1  the fame
6  and evidence of wisdom
10  The excellence
12  the nature
15  the power
18  the riches
22  and the eternity of wisdom
32  Wisdom is to be desired for the blessedness it brings

What do the individual words in Proverbs 8:31 mean?

Rejoicing in inhabited His world and my delight [was] with the sons of men -
מְ֭שַׂחֶקֶת בְּתֵבֵ֣ל אַרְצ֑וֹ וְ֝שַׁעֲשֻׁעַ֗י אֶת־ בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם פ

מְ֭שַׂחֶקֶת  Rejoicing 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, feminine singular
Root: שָׂחַק  
Sense: to laugh, play, mock.
בְּתֵבֵ֣ל  in  inhabited 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: תֵּבֵל  
Sense: world.
אַרְצ֑וֹ  His  world 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
וְ֝שַׁעֲשֻׁעַ֗י  and  my  delight  [was] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים  
Sense: delight, enjoyment.
בְּנֵ֥י  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אָדָֽם  of  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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