Proverbs 16:4
Strong's Lexicon
The LORD
יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: Jehovah = 'the existing One' 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136

has made
פָּעַ֣ל (pā·‘al)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6466: 1) to do, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do 1a2) to make

everything
כֹּ֤ל (kōl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything

for His purpose—
לַֽמַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ (lam·ma·‘ă·nê·hū)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4617: 1) answer, response 2) (TWOT) place for task

even
וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea 1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis) 1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative) 1c) even (for stress) 1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax) 1e) also (of correspondence or retribution) 1f) but, yet, though (adversative) 1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case) 2) (TWOT) again, alike

the wicked
רָ֝שָׁ֗ע (rā·šā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7563: 1) wicked, criminal 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) 1b) wicked (hostile to God) 1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)

for the day
לְי֣וֹם (lə·yō·wm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

of disaster.
רָעָֽה׃ (rā·‘āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: adj 1) bad, evil 1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant 1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery) 1c) evil, displeasing 1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc) 1e) bad (of value) 1f) worse than, worst (comparison) 1g) sad, unhappy 1h) evil (hurtful) 1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition) 1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically) 1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts 1j2) deeds, actions n m 2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity 2a) evil, distress, adversity 2b) evil, injury, wrong 2c) evil (ethical) n f 3) evil, misery, distress, injury 3a) evil, misery, distress 3b) evil, injury, wrong 3c) evil (ethical)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Young's Literal Translation
All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked [worketh] for a day of evil.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD has prepared everything for His purpose — even the wicked for the day of disaster.

New American Standard Bible
The LORD has made everything for its own purpose, Even the wicked for the day of evil.

King James Bible
The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The LORD works out everything to its proper end-- even the wicked for a day of disaster.

New Living Translation
The LORD has made everything for his own purposes, even the wicked for a day of disaster.

English Standard Version
The LORD has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.

New American Standard Bible
The LORD has made everything for its own purpose, Even the wicked for the day of evil.

King James Bible
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD has prepared everything for His purpose-- even the wicked for the day of disaster.

International Standard Version
The LORD made everything answerable to him, including the wicked at the time of trouble.

NET Bible
The LORD works everything for its own ends--even the wicked for the day of disaster.

American Standard Version
Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

English Revised Version
The LORD hath made every thing for its own end: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Young's Literal Translation
All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked worketh for a day of evil.
















Cross References
Romans 9:22
What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

Genesis 1:31
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Exodus 9:16
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

Job 21:30
That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

Proverbs 16:5
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

Ecclesiastes 3:11
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 16:3
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

Proverbs 16:1
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.

Proverbs 16:6
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
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