Proverbs 29:6

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
transgression	בְּפֶ֤שַֽׁע be.Fe.sha'	H6588	a revolt (national · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
evil	רָ֣ע ra'	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
man	אִ֣ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
snare	מוֹקֵ֑שׁ mo.Kesh	H4170	a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figurative… · noun, common masculine singular absolute
righteous	וְ֝צַדִּ֗יק ve.tza.Dik	H6662	just · conjunction + adjective, masculine singular absolute
sing	יָר֥וּן ya.Run	H7442	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
rejoice	שָׂמֵחַ sâmêach	H8056	blithe or gleeful

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Cross-references

Exodus 15:1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed glor…
Ecclesiastes 9:12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the so…
2 Timothy 2:26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Job 18:7-10 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
Psalms 11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
Psalms 97:11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Psalms 118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
Psalms 132:16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:6

Here is, 1. The peril of a sinful way. There is not only a punishment at the end of it, but a snare in it. One sin is a temptation to another, and there are troubles which, as a snare, come suddenly upon evil men in the midst of their transgressions; nay, their transgression itself often involves them in vexations; their sin is their punishment, and they are holden in the cords of their own iniquity, Pro 5:22. 2. The pleasantness of the way of holiness. The snare that is in the transgression of evil men spoils all their mirth, but righteous men are kept from those snares, or delivered out of them; they walk at liberty, walk in safety, and therefore they sing and rejoice. Those that make God…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 29:6

In--or, "By" the transgression--he is brought into difficulty (Pro 12:13), but the righteous go on prospering, and so sing or rejoice.

John Gill on Proverbs 29:6

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare,.... Or, according to the accents in some copies, "in the transgression of a man is an evil snare", as Aben Ezra observes the words may be read; there is a snare in sin to man himself; one sin leads on to another, and a man is snared by the works of his own hands, and is implicated and held in the cords of his own iniquity, and falls into the snare of the devil, out of which he is not easily recovered; and the transgression of one man is a snare to another; he is drawn into sin by ill examples; and, by indulging himself in sin, the evil day comes upon him unawares as a snare; and sooner or later he is filled with horrors of conscience, ang…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 29:6

6 In the transgression of the wicked man lies a snare; But the righteous rejoiceth jubelt and is glad. Thus the first line is to be translated according to the sequence of the accents, Mahpach, Munach, Munach, Athnach, for the second Munach is the transformation of Dechi; אישׁ רע thus, like אנשׁי־רע, Pro 28:5, go together, although the connection is not, like this, genitival, but adjectival. But there is also this sequence of the accents, Munach, Dechi, Munach, Athnach, which separates רע and אישׁ. According to this, Ewald translates: "in the transgression of one lies an evil snare;" but in that case the word ought to have been מוקשׁ רע, as at Pro 12:13; for although the numeral רבים sometim…

The Church Fathers

The trap will ensnare the sinful and unjust man, etc. Therefore, the trap of sinners does not harm the just man, even if it destroys him bodily. But the snares they prepare for their neighbors damn the reprobates themselves forever; while the just rejoice, praising the right judgment of the Creator either for their own deliverance or for the ruin of the wicked. Finally, the ancient edition clearly stated the conclusion of the previous verse as, The nets encircle his own feet. For from the ambiguous Greek, which is αὐτοῦ, it can be interpreted either way: for he who digs a pit for his neighbor will fall into it himself, as said elsewhere.
— Bede, Commentary on Proverbs

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Dictionary and topics

Joy · 2:11;4:7;5:11;9:2,14;13:5;14:7;16:5,6,8,9,11;17:15;19:8;20:5;21:1,6;28:7;30:5,11,12;32:1,2,11;33:21;35:9;36:8;40:16;42:4;43:4;45:15;46:4;51:8,12;53:6;63:5-7,11;64:10;68:3;69:32;70:4;71:23;85:6;89:15,16;97:11,12;100:1,2;104:34;105:3,43;119:1,2,14,16,55,111,162,165;126:5,6;132:16;138:5;149:2,5; — 2:11;4:7;5:11;9:2,14;13:5;14:7;16:5,6,8,9,11;17:15;19:8;20:5;21:1,6;28:7;30:5,11,12;32:1,2,11;33:21;35:9;36:8;40:16;42:4;43:4;45:15;46:4;51:8,12;53:6;63:5-7,11;64:10;68:3;69:32;70:4;71:23;85:6;89:15,16;97:11,12;100:1,2;104:34;105:3,43;119:1,2,14,16,55,111,162,165;126:5,6;132:16;138:5;149:2,5;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Proverbs 29:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 29:6

John Gill on Proverbs 29:6

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 29:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Proverbs 29:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 29:6

John Gill on Proverbs 29:6

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 29:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Proverbs 29:5

Rashi on Proverbs 29:6