Proverbs 2:12
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
To deliverלְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָ
(le·ha·tzi·le·cha)
5337: to strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, delivera prim. root
you from the wayמִדֶּ֣רֶךְ
(mid·de·rech)
1870: way, road, distance, journey, mannerfrom darak
of evil,רָ֑ע
(ra;)
7451b: evil, distress, misery, injury, calamityfrom the same as roa
From the manמֵ֝אִ֗ישׁ
(me·'ish)
376: manfrom an unused word
who speaksמְדַבֵּ֥ר
(me·dab·ber)
1696: to speaka prim. root
perverse things;תַּהְפֻּכֹֽות׃
(tah·pu·cho·vt.)
8419: perversity, perverse thingfrom haphak


















KJV Lexicon
To deliver
natsal  (naw-tsal')
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
thee from the way
derek  (deh'-rek)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
of the evil
ra`  (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
man from the man
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
that speaketh
dabar  (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
froward things
tahpukah  (tah-poo-kaw')
a perversity or fraud -- (very) froward(-ness, thing), perverse thing.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things;

King James Bible
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
rescuing you from the way of evil-- from the one who says perverse things,

International Standard Version
delivering you from the way of evil, from men who speak perverse things,

NET Bible
to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
That you may be delivered from evil ways and from men speaking contradictions

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[Wisdom will] save you from the way of evil, from the person who speaks devious things,

King James 2000 Bible
To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaks perverse things;
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