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Proverbs 26

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12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 26:12. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 49
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

רָאִ֗יתָ אִ֭ישׁ חָכָ֣ם בְּעֵינָ֑יו תִּקְוָ֖ה לִכְסִ֣יל מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

7 word entries
רָאִ֗יתָ
Lemma
7200
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7200
Occurrences
675
אִ֭ישׁ
Lemma
376
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H376
Occurrences
1458
חָכָ֣ם
Lemma
2450
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H2450
Occurrences
104
בְּעֵינָ֑יו
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender dual construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5869
Occurrences
324
תִּקְוָ֖ה
Lemma
8615 b
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8615
Occurrences
22
לִכְסִ֣יל
Lemma
l/3684
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + adjective
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H3684
Occurrences
6
מִמֶּֽנּוּ
Lemma
4480 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4480
Occurrences
1059
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

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.

Εἶδον ἄνδρα δόξαντα παρʼ αὐτῷ σοφὸν εἶναι, ἐλπίδα μέντοι ἔσχε μᾶλλον ἄφρων αὐτοῦ.

13 word entries
Εἶδον
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.
Transliteration
eidon
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 1st singular or 3rd plural
Gloss
I/they saw
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To see, perceive, or look at.
Occurrences
768
ἄνδρα
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.
Transliteration
andra
Morphology
noun, masculine accusative singular
Gloss
man, husband
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Man, male, husband.
Occurrences
1573
δόξαντα
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.
Transliteration
doxanta
Morphology
nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative singular 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
παρʼ
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.
Transliteration
par
Morphology
preposition, elided form
Gloss
from, beside, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided form of παρά.
Occurrences
776
αὐτῷ
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.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
σοφὸν
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.
Transliteration
sophon
Morphology
accusative masculine or nominative/accusative neuter singular 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
9
εἶναι
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.
Transliteration
einai
Morphology
present active infinitive
Gloss
to be
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
5427
ἐλπίδα
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.
Transliteration
elpida
Morphology
nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative singular 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
20
μέντοι
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.
Transliteration
mentoi
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
5
ἔσχε
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.
Transliteration
esche
Morphology
vocative singular, imperative, or 3rd singular verb ending depending on context
Gloss
form requires context
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
4
μᾶλλον
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.
Transliteration
mallon
Morphology
comparative adverb
Gloss
more, rather
Part of Speech
adverb
Definition
More, rather, to a greater degree.
Occurrences
40
ἄφρων
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.
Transliteration
aphron
Morphology
adjective/substantive, nominative masculine/feminine singular
Gloss
foolish, fool
Part of Speech
adjective/substantive
Definition
Foolish, senseless, or a fool.
Occurrences
50
αὐτοῦ
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.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

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.

ܐܢ ܚܙܝܬ ܓܒܪܐ ܕܚܟܝܡ ܒܥܝܢ̈ܝ ܢܦܫܗ ܦܩܚ ܣܟܠܐ ܛܒ ܡܢܗ

10 word entries
ܐܢ
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
ܐܢ
Transliteration
'n
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
471
ܚܙܝܬ
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.
Transliteration
hzyt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
87
ܓܒܪܐ
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.
Transliteration
gbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
622
ܕܚܟܝܡ
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.
Transliteration
dhkym
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
7
ܒܥܝܢ̈ܝ
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.
Transliteration
b'yny
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
45
ܢܦܫܗ
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.
Transliteration
npshh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
112
ܦܩܚ
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
ܦܩܚ
Transliteration
pqh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
17
ܣܟܠܐ
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.
Transliteration
skl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
46
ܛܒ
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
ܛܒ
Transliteration
tb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
279
ܡܢܗ
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
ܡܢܗ
Transliteration
mnh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
240
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

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.

אִין חֲזַיְתָא גַבְרָא דְחַכִּים בְּעֵינֵי נַפְשֵׁיהּ סַכְלָא טָב מִנֵיהּ׃

9 word entries
אִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אין
Transliteration
'yn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
255
חֲזַיְתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chzyt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
10
גַבְרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
gbr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
524
דְחַכִּים
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dchkym
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
42
בְּעֵינֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
b'yny
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
157
נַפְשֵׁיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
npshyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
106
סַכְלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
skl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
38
טָב
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
טב
Transliteration
tb
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
212
מִנֵיהּ׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ניה
Transliteration
mnyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
178
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Vidisti hominem sapientem sibi videri? magis illo spem habebit insipiens.]

10 word entries
vidisti
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uideo
Transliteration
vidisti
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1988
hominem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
homo
Transliteration
hominem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1653
sapientem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sapiens
Transliteration
sapientem
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
208
sibi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sui
Transliteration
sibi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1317
videri
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uideo
Transliteration
videri
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1988
magis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
magis
Transliteration
magis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
190
illo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illo
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
4947
spem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
spes
Transliteration
spem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
131
habebit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
habeo
Transliteration
habebit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1641
stultus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
stultus
Transliteration
stultus
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
129

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.

Proverbs 29:20

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

14 relevance votes

Proverbs 26:5

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

10 relevance votes

Romans 12:16

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

8 relevance votes

Proverbs 28:11

The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

8 relevance votes

Revelation 3:17

Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing,’ and don’t know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;

7 relevance votes

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood and prayed by himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men: extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

6 relevance votes

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you.

6 relevance votes

Proverbs 3:7

Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

5 relevance votes

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

4 relevance votes

Proverbs 26:16

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

4 relevance votes

Luke 7:44

Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.

4 relevance votes
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