Proverbs 11:4
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Richesהֹ֭ון
(ho·vn)
1952: wealth, sufficiencyfrom hun
do not profitיֹועִ֣יל
(yo·v·'il)
3276: to confer or gain profit or benefita prim. root
in the dayבְּיֹ֣ום
(be·yo·vm)
3117: daya prim. root
of wrath,עֶבְרָ֑ה
(ev·rah;)
5678: overflow, arrogance, furyfem. of eber
But righteousnessוּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה
(u·tze·da·kah)
6666: righteousnessfrom the same as tsedeq
deliversתַּצִּ֥יל
(ta·tzil)
5337: to strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, delivera prim. root
from death.מִמָּֽוֶת׃
(mim·ma·vet.)
4194: deathfrom muth


















KJV Lexicon
Riches
hown  (hone)
wealth; by implication, enough -- enough, + for nought, riches, substance, wealth.
profit
ya`al  (yaw-al')
to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively: useful, subjectively: benefited) -- at all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit, (able).
not in the day
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
of wrath
`ebrah  (eb-raw')
an outburst of passion -- anger, rage, wrath.
but righteousness
tsdaqah  (tsed-aw-kaw')
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity) -- justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
delivereth
natsal  (naw-tsal')
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
from death
maveth  (maw'-veth)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin -- (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.

King James Bible
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath, but righteousness rescues from death.

International Standard Version
Wealth won't help in the time of judgment, but righteousness will deliver from death.

NET Bible
Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Wealth is not useful in the day of wrath but righteousness saves from death.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Riches are of no help on the day of fury, but righteousness saves from death.

King James 2000 Bible
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death.
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