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Chapter 4
Verse 19
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Proverbs 4

Young's Literal Translation, Verse 19

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19 The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 4:19. 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 39
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.

דֶּ֣רֶךְ רְ֭שָׁעִים כָּֽאֲפֵלָ֑ה לֹ֥א יָ֝דְע֗וּ בַּמֶּ֥ה יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ׃ פ

7 word entries
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
Lemma
1870
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1870
Occurrences
375
רְ֭שָׁעִים
Lemma
7563
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7563
Occurrences
201
כָּֽאֲפֵלָ֑ה
Lemma
k/653
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H653
Occurrences
1
לֹ֥א
Lemma
3808
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H3808
Occurrences
3277
יָ֝דְע֗וּ
Lemma
3045
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3045
Occurrences
637
בַּמֶּ֥ה
Lemma
b/4100
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + particle
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4100
Occurrences
23
יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ
Lemma
3782
Morphology
Hebrew: verb niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3782
Occurrences
45
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.

Αἱ δὲ ὁδοὶ τῶν ἀσεβῶν σκοτειναὶ, οὐκ οἴδασι πῶς προσκόπτουσιν.

10 word entries
Αἱ
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
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
ὁδοὶ
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
odoi
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ὁδοὶ
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
32
τῶν
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
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
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.
Transliteration
asebon
Morphology
adjective/substantive, genitive plural
Gloss
of the ungodly
Part of Speech
adjective/substantive
Definition
Ungodly, impious, wicked.
Occurrences
143
σκοτειναὶ
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
skoteinai
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
1
οὐκ
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
οὐ
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Negative particle before rough breathing.
Occurrences
5892
οἴδασι
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
oidasi
Morphology
dative singular or indeclinable form 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
8
πῶς
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
πῶς
Transliteration
pos
Morphology
interrogative adverb
Gloss
how?
Part of Speech
adverb
Definition
Interrogative adverb meaning how.
Occurrences
125
προσκόπτουσιν
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
proskoptoysin
Morphology
verb, present/future active indicative, 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
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.

ܐܘܪܚܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܪ̈ܫܝܥܐ ܚܫܘܟܐ ܗܝ ܘܠܐ ܝܕܥܝܢ ܒܡܢܐ ܡܬܬܩܠܝܢ

9 word entries
ܐܘܪܚܐ
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
'wrh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
134
ܕܝܢ
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
ܕܝܢ
Transliteration
dyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
951
ܕܪ̈ܫܝܥܐ
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
drshy''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
47
ܚܫܘܟܐ
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
hshwk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
37
ܗܝ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܗܝ
Transliteration
hi
Morphology
pronoun/copula, feminine singular
Gloss
she, it, is
Occurrences
578
ܘܠܐ
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
ܘܠܐ
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1993
ܝܕܥܝܢ
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
yd'yn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
50
ܒܡܢܐ
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
bmn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
17
ܡܬܬܩܠܝܢ
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
mttqlyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
2
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.

וְאָרְחָא דְרַשִׁיעֵי חַכֵּירָא וְלָא יָדְעִין בִּמְנָא מִתְתַּקְלִין׃

7 word entries
וְאָרְחָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'rch'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
40
דְרַשִׁיעֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
drshy'y
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
98
חַכֵּירָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chkyr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
וְלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ולא
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1587
יָדְעִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
yd'yn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
48
בִּמְנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
מנא
Transliteration
bmn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
114
מִתְתַּקְלִין׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mttqlyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
2
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.

Via impiorum tenebrosa; nesciunt ubi corruant.

6 word entries
via
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uia
Transliteration
via
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
853
impiorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
impius
Transliteration
impiorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
267
tenebrosa
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
tenebrosa
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
17
nesciunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nescio
Transliteration
nesciunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
181
ubi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ubi
Transliteration
ubi
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
354
corruant
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
corruo
Transliteration
corruant
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
76

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.

John 12:35

Jesus, therefore, said to them, 'Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth;

12 relevance votes

Jeremiah 23:12

Therefore is their way to them as slippery places, Into thick darkness they are driven, And they have fallen in it, For I bring in against them evil, The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah.

6 relevance votes

1 Samuel 2:9

The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.

5 relevance votes

Jeremiah 13:16

Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed [it] for thick darkness.

4 relevance votes

John 11:10

and if any one may walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.'

3 relevance votes

Job 12:25

They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.

3 relevance votes

Job 18:18

They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.

3 relevance votes

Matthew 7:23

and then I will acknowledge to them, that — I never knew you, depart from me ye who are working lawlessness.

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 2:13

Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,

3 relevance votes

Job 5:14

By day they meet darkness, And as night — they grope at noon.

3 relevance votes

1 John 2:11

and he who is hating his brother, in the darkness he is, and in the darkness he doth walk, and he hath not known whither he doth go, because the darkness did blind his eyes.

2 relevance votes

Matthew 15:14

let them alone, guides they are — blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall fall.'

2 relevance votes
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