Proverbs 5:22
Strong's Lexicon
The iniquities
עַֽווֹנוֹתָ֗יו‪‬ (‘a·wō·w·nō·w·ṯāw)
Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5771: 1) perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity 1a) iniquity 1b) guilt of iniquity, guilt (as great), guilt (of condition) 1c) consequence of or punishment for iniquity

of a wicked man
הָרָשָׁ֑ע (hā·rā·šā‘)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7563: 1) wicked, criminal 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) 1b) wicked (hostile to God) 1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)

entrap him;
יִלְכְּדֻנ֥וֹ (yil·kə·ḏu·nōw)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular, Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 3920: 1) to capture, take, seize 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to capture, seize 1a2) to capture (of men) (fig.) 1a3) to take (by lot) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be captured 1b2) to be caught (of men in trap, snare) (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) to grasp each other

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

the cords
יִתָּמֵֽךְ׃ (yit·tā·mêḵ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2256: 1) a cord, rope, territory, band, company 1a) a rope, cord 1b) a measuring-cord or line 1c) a measured portion, lot, part, region 1d) a band or company 2) pain, sorrow, travail, pang 2a) pains of travail 2b) pains, pangs, sorrows 3) union 4) destruction

of his own sin
חַ֝טָּאת֗וֹ (ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2403: 1) sin, sinful 2) sin, sin offering 2a) sin 2b) condition of sin, guilt of sin 2c) punishment for sin 2d) sin-offering 2e) purification from sins of ceremonial uncleanness

entangle him.
וּבְחַבְלֵ֥י (ū·ḇə·ḥaḇ·lê)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 8551: 1) to grasp, hold, support, attain, lay hold of, hold fast 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to grasp, lay hold of, attain 1a2) to hold up, support 1a3) to hold, keep 1a4) to take hold of each other 1b) (Niphal) to be seized, be held

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

Young's Literal Translation
His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A wicked man’s iniquities entrap him; he is entangled in the ropes of his own sin.

New American Standard Bible
His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.

King James Bible
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast.

New Living Translation
An evil man is held captive by his own sins; they are ropes that catch and hold him.

English Standard Version
The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.

New American Standard Bible
His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.

King James Bible
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A wicked man's iniquities entrap him; he is entangled in the ropes of his own sin.

International Standard Version
The wicked person's iniquities will capture him, and he will be held with the cords of his sin.

NET Bible
The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.

American Standard Version
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

English Revised Version
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

Young's Literal Translation
His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.
















Cross References
Numbers 32:23
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.

Judges 20:41
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.

Psalm 7:15
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

Psalm 9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Psalm 40:12
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

Proverbs 1:31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Proverbs 1:32
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

Lamentations 1:14
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 5:21
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
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