Proverbs 12:3
Context| NETBible | No one 1 can be established 2 through wickedness, but a righteous root 3 cannot be moved. |
| XREF | 1Sa 25:33; Job 5:3-5; Job 15:29; Job 20:5-9; Job 27:16-18; Ps 15:5; Ps 125:1,2; Pr 10:25; Pr 12:12; Eph 3:17; Col 2:7 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “a man cannot be.” 2 tn The Niphal imperfect of כּוּן (cun, “to be established”) refers to finding permanent “security” (so NRSV, TEV, CEV) before God. Only righteousness can do that. 3 tn Heb “a root of righteousness.” The genitive צַדִּיקִים (tsadiqim, “righteousness”) functions as an attributive adjective. The figure “root” (שֹׁרֶשׁ, shoresh) stresses the security of the righteous; they are firmly planted and cannot be uprooted (cf. NLT “the godly have deep roots”). The righteous are often compared to a tree (e.g., 11:30; Ps 1:3; 92:13). |
