Proverbs 11:10

American Standard Version (1901)

When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; And when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּט֣וּב צַ֭דִּיקִים תַּעֲלֹ֣ץ קִרְיָ֑ה וּבַאֲבֹ֖ד רְשָׁעִ֣ים רִנָּֽה׃

Transliteration

Bəṭûb ṣaddîqîm taʿălōṣ qiryâ ûbaʾăbōd rəšāʿîm rinnâ.

Grammar Details

• *Bəṭûb*: preposition + masculine singular construct noun - in prosperity of
• *ṣaddîqîm*: masculine plural adjective/noun - righteous ones
• *taʿălōṣ*: verb Qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - rejoices
• *qiryâ*: feminine singular noun - city
• *ûbaʾăbōd*: conjunction + preposition + construct infinitive - and in perishing of
• *rəšāʿîm*: masculine plural adjective/noun - wicked ones
• *rinnâ*: feminine singular noun - joyful shouting

Word Meanings

• *ṭûb*: prosperity/good/goodness
• *ṣaddîqîm*: righteous ones/just ones
• *taʿălōṣ*: rejoices/exults/celebrates
• *qiryâ*: city/town
• *ʾăbōd*: perishing/destruction
• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/criminals/guilty ones
• *rinnâ*: joyful shouting/singing/jubilation

Referenced Verses

• Prov 28:12 : 12 When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
• Prov 28:28 : 28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous increase.
• Exod 15:21 : 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously; The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
• Judg 5:31 : 31 So let all thine enemies perish, O Jehovah: But let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
• Esth 8:15-16 : 15 And Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad. 16 The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor.
• Job 27:23 : 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
• Ps 58:10-11 : 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked; 11 So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.
• Rev 19:1-7 : 1 After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, belong to our God: 2 for true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged the great harlot, her that corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And a second time they say, Hallelujah. And her smoke goeth up for ever and ever. 4 And the four and twenty elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped God that sitteth on the throne, saying, Amen; Hallelujah. 5 And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, Give praise to our God, all ye his servants, ye that fear him, the small and the great. 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunders, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigneth. 7 Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.