Proverbs 17:5
WEB
Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
BSB
He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
KJV
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H3932
v — deride, speak unintelligibly
Derivation: a primitive root;
to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly
KJV: have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.
vb — mock
[לָעַג] vb. mock, deride; also (Niph.) stammer, poet.
Qal mock, deride, have in derision
Niph. a people stammering of tongue (i.e. barbarians)
Hiph. mock, deride
H7326
v — be destitute
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be destitute
KJV: lack, needy, (make self) poor (man).
vb — be in want
[רוּשׁ or רִישׁ] 24 vb. be in want, poor
Qal young lions are in want and hunger
Hithpō‛lēl one impoverishing himself
H2778
v — pull off, expose, betroth, carp at, defame, spend the winter
Derivation: a primitive root; also denominative (from 2779)
to pull off, i.e. (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively, to carp at, i.e. defame; to spend the winter
KJV: betroth, blaspheme, defy, jeopard, rail, reproach, upbraid.
vb — reproach
[חָרַף] vb. reproach
Qal
Piel. reproach,—prop. say sharp things against,—taunt
H6213
v — do, make
Derivation: a primitive root;
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
KJV: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-) ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold (a feast), × indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
vb — do
עָשָׂה 2622 vb. do, make
Qal 2524
I.
1. do (1560 t.)
2. deal with
3. oft. in phr. do kindness with
4. abs. act, act with effect
II.
1. make (670 t.)
2. produce, yield
3. prepare, esp. of dressing and cooking food
4. make offering
5. attend to, put in order
6. observe, celebrate, religious festival
7. acquire property of various kinds
8. appoint priests
9. bring about of י׳’s effecting a deliverance
10. use
11. spend, pass, days of life
Niph. 97
1. be done
2.
a. be made, of concr. things
b. be produced from vine
c. be prepared, of food
d. be offered
e. be observed, passover
f. be used
Pu. I was made
vb — press
[עָשָׂה] vb. Pi. press, squeeze
H8056
a — blithe, gleeful
Derivation: from 8055;
blithe or gleeful
KJV: (be) glad, joyful, (making) merry((-hearted), -ily), rejoice(-ing).
adj.verb — glad
שָׂמֵחַ adj.verb. glad, joyful, merry
H343
n-m — oppression, misfortune, ruin
Derivation: from the same as 181 (in the sense of bending down);
oppression; by implication misfortune, ruin
KJV: calamity, destruction.
n.m — distress
אֵיד n.m. distress, calamity
1. national calam. of Isr. (apostate)
2. of righteous sufferer
3. oft. of wicked
H3808
adv — not, no
Derivation: or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
KJV: × before, or else, ere, except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (× as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, surely, as truly as, of a truth, verily, for want, whether, without.
adv — not
לֹא or לוֹא adv. not
H5352
v — be, make, clean, be bare, extirpated
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated
KJV: acquit × at all, × altogether, be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear(-ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent, × by no means, be quit, be (leave) unpunished, × utterly, × wholly.
vb — be empty
[נָקָה] vb. be empty(?), clean
Qal Inf. Abs.
Niph.
1. be cleaned out
2. be clean, free from guilt, innocent
3. be free, exempt from punishment
4. free, exempt from obligation
Pi.
1. hold innocent, acquit
2. leave unpunished
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Verse 5
Proverbs 17:5
See here, 1. What a great sin those are guilty of who trample upon the poor, who ridicule their wants and the meanness of their appearance, upbraid them with their poverty, and take advantage from their weakness to be abusive and injurious to them. They reproach their Maker, put a great contempt and affront upon him, who allotted the poor to the condition they are in, owns them, and takes care of them, and can, when he pleases, reduce us to that condition. Let those that thus reproach their Maker know that they shall be called to an account for it, Mat 25:40, Mat 25:41; Pro 14:31. 2. What great danger those are in of falling into trouble themselves who are pleased to see and hear of the troubles of others: He that is glad at calamities, that he may be built up upon the ruins of others, and regales himself with the judgments of God when they are abroad, let him know that he shall not go unpunished; the cup shall be put into his hand, Eze 25:6, Eze 25:7.
Cross-references: Matt 25:40 · Matt 25:41 · Prov 14:31 · Ezek 25:6 · Ezek 25:7