16 When evil men are in power, wrongdoing is increased; but the upright will have pleasure when they see their downfall.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 29:16. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
בִּרְב֣וֹת רְ֭שָׁעִים יִרְבֶּה־פָּ֑שַׁע וְ֝צַדִּיקִ֗ים בְּֽמַפַּלְתָּ֥ם יִרְאֽוּ׃
בִּרְב֣וֹת
רְ֭שָׁעִים
יִרְבֶּה
פָּ֑שַׁע
וְ֝צַדִּיקִ֗ים
בְּֽמַפַּלְתָּ֥ם
Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported
Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.
Πολλῶν ὄντων ἀσεβῶν πολλαὶγίνονται ἁμαρτίαι, οἱ δὲ δίκαιοι ἐκείνων πιπτόντων κατάφοβοι γίνονται.
Πολλῶν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- πολύς
- Transliteration
- pollon
- Morphology
- adjective, genitive plural
- Gloss
- of many
- Part of Speech
- adjective
- Definition
- Much, many, great, or abundant.
- Occurrences
- 415
ὄντων
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- ὄντων
- Transliteration
- onton
- Morphology
- Greek -ων form; often genitive plural noun/adjective or nominative masculine participle
- Gloss
- of ... / being ...
- Part of Speech
- participle/noun form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 31
ἀσεβῶν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ἀσεβής
- Transliteration
- asebon
- Morphology
- adjective/substantive, genitive plural
- Gloss
- of the ungodly
- Part of Speech
- adjective/substantive
- Definition
- Ungodly, impious, wicked.
- Occurrences
- 143
πολλαὶγίνονται
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- low
- Confidence note
- Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
- Lemma
- πολλαὶγίνονται
- Transliteration
- pollaiginontai
- Morphology
- verb, present/future middle-passive form, 3rd plural
- Gloss
- they ...
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
ἁμαρτίαι
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- ἁμαρτίαι
- Transliteration
- amartiai
- Morphology
- nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective/verb form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 26
οἱ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
δὲ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- δέ
- Transliteration
- de
- Morphology
- postpositive conjunction/particle
- Gloss
- but, and, now
- Part of Speech
- conjunction/particle
- Definition
- Postpositive connective conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 4634
δίκαιοι
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- δίκαιοι
- Transliteration
- dikaioi
- Morphology
- nominative plural masculine pattern
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 37
ἐκείνων
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- ἐκείνων
- Transliteration
- ekeinon
- Morphology
- Greek -ων form; often genitive plural noun/adjective or nominative masculine participle
- Gloss
- of ... / being ...
- Part of Speech
- participle/noun form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 21
πιπτόντων
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- low
- Confidence note
- Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
- Lemma
- πιπτόντων
- Transliteration
- piptonton
- Morphology
- Greek -ων form; often genitive plural noun/adjective or nominative masculine participle
- Gloss
- of ... / being ...
- Part of Speech
- participle/noun form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
κατάφοβοι
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- low
- Confidence note
- Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
- Lemma
- κατάφοβοι
- Transliteration
- kataphoboi
- Morphology
- nominative plural masculine pattern
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
γίνονται
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- γίνονται
- Transliteration
- ginontai
- Morphology
- verb, present/future middle-passive form, 3rd plural
- Gloss
- they ...
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 6
Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܒܣܘܓܐܗܘܢ ܕܥ̇ܘܠ̈ܐ ܣܓܐ ܥܘ̣ܠܐ ܘܙܕܝ̈ܩܐ ܢܚܕܘܢ ܒܡܦܘܠܬܗܘܢ
ܒܣܘܓܐܗܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܒܣܘܓܐܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- bswg'hwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 2
ܕܥ̇ܘܠ̈ܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܥܘܠܐ
- Transliteration
- d'wl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 116
ܣܓܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܣܓܐ
- Transliteration
- sg'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 7
ܥܘ̣ܠܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܥܘܠܐ
- Transliteration
- 'wl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 232
ܘܙܕܝ̈ܩܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܙܕܝܩܐ
- Transliteration
- wzdyq'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 17
ܢܚܕܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܢܚܕܘܢ
- Transliteration
- nhdwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 23
ܒܡܦܘܠܬܗܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܒܡܦܘܠܬܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- bmpwlthwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 1
Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.
Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.
בְּסוּגְעָא דְרַשִׁיעֵי חוֹבָא נִסְגֵי וְצַדִיקַיָא יֶחֱמוּן בְּמַפַּלְתְּהוֹן׃
בְּסוּגְעָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- סוגעא
- Transliteration
- bswg''
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 20
דְרַשִׁיעֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רשיעי
- Transliteration
- drshy'y
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 98
חוֹבָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חובא
- Transliteration
- chwb'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 47
נִסְגֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נסגי
- Transliteration
- nsgy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 2
וְצַדִיקַיָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- צדיקיא
- Transliteration
- wtsdyqy'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 212
יֶחֱמוּן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יחמון
- Transliteration
- ychmwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 15
בְּמַפַּלְתְּהוֹן׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מפלתהון
- Transliteration
- bmplthwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 3
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
In multiplicatione impiorum multiplicabuntur scelera, et justi ruinas eorum videbunt.
in
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- in
- Transliteration
- in
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Gloss
- in
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- in, into, among, on
- Etymology
- Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
- Occurrences
- 22264
multiplicatione
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- multiplicatio
- Transliteration
- multiplicatione
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 3
impiorum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- impius
- Transliteration
- impiorum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 267
multiplicabuntur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- multiplico
- Transliteration
- multiplicabuntur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 160
scelera
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- scelus
- Transliteration
- scelera
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 78
et
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- et
- Transliteration
- et
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- and, also, even
- Etymology
- Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 50526
iusti
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iustus
- Transliteration
- iusti
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 427
ruinas
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ruina
- Transliteration
- ruinas
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 63
eorum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eorum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
videbunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uideo
- Transliteration
- videbunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1988
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Psalms 91:8
Only with your eyes will you see the reward of the evil-doers.
8 relevance votesPsalms 37:36
But he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I made a search for him and he was not there.
8 relevance votesPsalms 58:10
The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.
8 relevance votesPsalms 37:34
Be waiting for the Lord, and keep his way; and you will be lifted up, and have the land for your heritage: when the evil-doers are cut off, you will see it.
8 relevance votesPsalms 92:11
My eyes have seen trouble come on my haters; my ears have news of the fate of the evil-doers who have come up against me.
8 relevance votesProverbs 29:2
When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.
4 relevance votesRevelation 15:4
What man is there who will not have fear before you, O Lord, and give glory to your name? because you only are holy; for all the nations will come and give worship before you; for your righteousness has been made clear.
3 relevance votesRevelation 18:20
Be glad over her, heaven, and you saints, and Apostles, and prophets; because she has been judged by God on your account.
3 relevance votesPsalms 112:8
His heart is resting safely, he will have no fear, till he sees trouble come on his haters.
3 relevance votesPsalms 92:9
For see! your haters, O Lord, will be put to death; all the workers of evil will be put to flight;
2 relevance votes