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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/proverbs/2.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/proverbs/2.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be torn from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/proverbs/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/proverbs/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But the wicked will be eliminated from the land, And the treacherous will be torn away from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />But the wicked will be cut off from the land And the treacherous will be uprooted from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />But the wicked will be cut off from the land, And the treacherous will be uprooted from it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But the wicked will be cut off from the land And the treacherous will be torn away from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But the wicked will be cut off from the land And the treacherous shall be [forcibly] uprooted <i>and</i> removed from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous ripped out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous uprooted from it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />if you do wrong and can never be trusted, you will be rooted out. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and they that deal treacherously shall be rooted out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But wicked people will be cut off from the land and treacherous people will be torn from it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But God will snatch the wicked from the land and pull sinners out of it like plants from the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be uprooted out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the wicked are cut off from the earth, "" And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the unjust shall be cut off from the land, and they transgressing shall be wiped off from it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But the wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do unjustly shall be taken away from it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Yet truly, the impious shall perish from the earth, and those who act unjustly shall be taken away from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But the wicked will be cut off from the land, the faithless will be rooted out of it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth and the ungodly shall be rooted out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And dissenters are consumed from the Earth and the evil are uprooted from it. <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the faithless shall be plucked up out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The paths of the ungodly shall perish out of the earth, and transgressors shall be driven away from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/2-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=342" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/2.htm">The Benefits of Wisdom</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it; <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7563.htm" title="7563: ū·rə·šā·‘îm (Conj-w:: Adj-mp) -- Wicked, criminal. From rasha'; morally wrong; concretely, an bad person.">but the wicked</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: yik·kā·rê·ṯū (V-Nifal-Imperf-3mp) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">will be cut off</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: mê·’e·reṣ (Prep-m:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land,</a> <a href="/hebrew/898.htm" title="898: ū·ḇō·wḡ·ḏîm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To act or deal treacherously. A primitive root; to cover; figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage.">and the unfaithful</a> <a href="/hebrew/5255.htm" title="5255: yis·sə·ḥū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To pull or tear away. A primitive root; to tear away.">will be uprooted.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-38.htm">Psalm 37:38</a></span><br />But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-9.htm">Psalm 37:9</a></span><br />For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/104-35.htm">Psalm 104:35</a></span><br />May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/1-4.htm">Psalm 1:4-6</a></span><br />Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind. / Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. / For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/92-7.htm">Psalm 92:7</a></span><br />that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/18-17.htm">Job 18:17-21</a></span><br />The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land. / He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world. / He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/48-22.htm">Isaiah 48:22</a></span><br />“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-20.htm">Isaiah 57:20-21</a></span><br />But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck. / “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-20.htm">Isaiah 14:20</a></span><br />You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-17.htm">Jeremiah 12:17</a></span><br />But if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it, declares the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-28.htm">Jeremiah 31:28</a></span><br />Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-41.htm">Matthew 13:41-42</a></span><br />The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. / And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-13.htm">Matthew 15:13</a></span><br />But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-23.htm">Matthew 7:23</a></span><br />Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-27.htm">Luke 13:27</a></span><br />And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.</p><p class="hdg">the wicked</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/5-22.htm">Proverbs 5:22,23</a></b></br> His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/18-16.htm">Job 18:16-18</a></b></br> His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/21-30.htm">Job 21:30</a></b></br> That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.</p><p class="hdg">rooted</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/7-22.htm">Deuteronomy 7:22</a></b></br> And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-64.htm">Deuteronomy 28:64</a></b></br> And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, <i>even</i> wood and stone.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/1-5.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/psalms/144-12.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/psalms/59-5.htm">Dealers</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-21.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/psalms/119-158.htm">Faithless</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-12.htm">False.</a> <a href="/psalms/129-6.htm">Plucked</a> <a href="/job/31-8.htm">Rooted</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-10.htm">Sinners</a> <a href="/psalms/124-6.htm">Torn</a> <a href="/psalms/119-158.htm">Transgressors</a> <a href="/psalms/119-158.htm">Treacherous</a> <a href="/psalms/73-27.htm">Unfaithful</a> <a href="/psalms/80-13.htm">Uprooted</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-14.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/4-17.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-5.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-16.htm">Dealers</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-19.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-3.htm">Faithless</a> <a href="/proverbs/4-24.htm">False.</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-20.htm">Plucked</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-17.htm">Rooted</a> <a href="/proverbs/4-14.htm">Sinners</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-11.htm">Torn</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-3.htm">Transgressors</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-3.htm">Treacherous</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-3.htm">Unfaithful</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-30.htm">Uprooted</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-25.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/2-1.htm">wisdom promises godliness to her children</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/2-10.htm">and safety from evil company</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/2-20.htm">and direction in good ways</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/proverbs/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>but the wicked will be cut off from the land</b><br>This phrase reflects a common biblical theme where the wicked face divine judgment and are removed from the blessings of the land. In the Old Testament, the land often symbolizes God's promise and blessing to His people, as seen in the covenant with Abraham (<a href="/genesis/12.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a>). The idea of being "cut off" suggests a complete separation from God's favor and community, akin to the fate of the Canaanites who were expelled from the Promised Land due to their iniquity (<a href="/deuteronomy/9-4.htm">Deuteronomy 9:4-5</a>). This phrase also echoes the warnings found in <a href="/psalms/37-9.htm">Psalm 37:9</a>, where evildoers are contrasted with those who wait on the Lord and inherit the land. The concept of divine retribution is consistent with the wisdom literature's emphasis on moral order and justice.<p><b>and the unfaithful will be uprooted</b><br>The imagery of being "uprooted" conveys a sense of instability and removal from one's foundation, much like a plant that is torn from the soil. This reflects the consequences of unfaithfulness, which in biblical terms often refers to a breach of covenant with God. The unfaithful, or those who turn away from God's commandments, are likened to plants without roots, easily removed and lacking permanence. This is reminiscent of Jesus' parable of the sower, where seeds that fall on rocky ground wither because they have no root (<a href="/matthew/13-5.htm">Matthew 13:5-6</a>). The prophetic literature, such as <a href="/jeremiah/12-14.htm">Jeremiah 12:14-17</a>, also uses similar language to describe the fate of nations that oppose God's will. The uprooting serves as a metaphor for divine judgment and the loss of spiritual inheritance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>Refers to those who live in opposition to God's commandments and moral order. In the Hebrew text, the word used is (resha'im), which denotes those who are guilty of sin and injustice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_unfaithful.htm">The Unfaithful</a></b><br>These are individuals who betray trust and do not adhere to the covenant with God. The Hebrew term (bogedim) implies treachery and deceit.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a></b><br>In the context of ancient Israel, "the land" often refers to the Promised Land, a place of blessing and inheritance for God's people. It symbolizes God's provision and the fulfillment of His promises.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/cut_off.htm">Cut Off</a></b><br>This phrase indicates a severance or removal, often used in the context of divine judgment. It implies a loss of blessing and separation from God's people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/u/uprooted.htm">Uprooted</a></b><br>This term suggests a complete removal, akin to pulling a plant out by its roots, signifying total displacement and destruction.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_wickedness.htm">The Consequences of Wickedness</a></b><br>Living in opposition to God's ways leads to separation from His blessings and ultimately, His judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Faithfulness</a></b><br>Faithfulness to God and His covenant is crucial for maintaining one's place in His promises and blessings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice.htm">God's Justice</a></b><br>God's justice ensures that wickedness and unfaithfulness do not go unpunished, affirming His righteousness and holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_security_of_the_righteous.htm">The Security of the Righteous</a></b><br>While the wicked are cut off, the righteous have the assurance of God's protection and inheritance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>This verse serves as a warning and a call to repentance, urging individuals to turn from wickedness and embrace faithfulness to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_debt.htm">What does the Bible say about Christian debt?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_wicked_often_die_peacefully.htm">Psalm 52:5 promises God will “uproot” the wicked—why does history record many powerful oppressors who died peacefully? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_a_ransom_for_whom.htm">Who is a ransom for whom? Mark 10:45 and I Timothy 2:5-6 say Christ is a ransom for many/all. Proverbs 21:18 says the wicked is a ransom for the righteous.</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_wealth_inequality.htm">Proverbs 22:2: How can a just God create both rich and poor yet allow extreme wealth inequality to persist?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth.</span> The punishment of the wicked is contrasted with the blessings that are promised to the upright. <span class="accented">Shall be cut off</span>; <span class="hebrew">יִפָרֵתוּ</span> (<span class="accented">yikkarethu</span>), niph. future of <span class="hebrew">כָרַת</span> (<span class="accented">karath</span>), "to cut off, or destroy." LXX., <span class="greek">ὀλοῦνται</span>; Vulgate, <span class="accented">perdentur.</span>;The expression is used to convey the idea of extermination, as in <a href="/psalms/37-9.htm">Psalm 37:9</a> (cf. <a href="/job/18-17.htm">Job 18:17</a>; <a href="/psalms/37-28.htm">Psalm 37:28</a>; <a href="/psalms/104-35.htm">Psalm 104:35</a>). The verb is found also in <a href="/genesis/17-14.htm">Genesis 17:14</a>; <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Exodus 12:15</a>. <span class="accented">The earth</span>; properly, <span class="accented">the land.</span> The same word (<span class="hebrew">אַרֶצ</span> <span class="accented">arets</span>) is used as in ver. 21. <span class="cmt_word">The transgressors</span> (<span class="hebrew">בּוגְדִים</span>, <span class="accented">bog'dim</span>); here employed synonymously with "the wicked" (<span class="hebrew">יְשָׁעִים</span>, <span class="accented">y'shaim</span>), "the impious." The primary meaning of the verb from which it is derived (<span class="hebrew">בָגַד</span>, <span class="accented">bagad</span>) is "to cover," "to deal treacherously," and hence the word signifies those who act treacherously or perfidiously, the faithless. They are those who perfidiously depart from God, and break away from the covenant with Jehovah. LXX., <span class="greek">παράνομοι</span> (cf. <a href="/proverbs/11-3.htm">Proverbs 11:3, 6</a>; <a href="/proverbs/13-2.htm">Proverbs 13:2, 25</a>; <a href="/proverbs/22-12.htm">Proverbs 22:12</a>; <a href="/psalms/25-3.htm">Psalm 25:3</a>; <a href="/psalms/59-5.htm">Psalm 59:5</a>; <a href="/isaiah/33-1.htm">Isaiah 33:1</a>). Shall be rooted out (<span class="hebrew">יסֶּחוּ</span>, <span class="accented">yiss'khu</span>). This word is taken by Davidson as the future kal of <span class="hebrew">נסַה</span> (<span class="accented">nasah</span>), "to pluck up," and hence is equivalent to "they shall pluck up," or, passively, "they stroll be plucked up." Delitzsch remarks that it is as at <a href="/proverbs/15-25.htm">Proverbs 15:25</a> and <a href="/psalms/52-7.htm">Psalm 52:7</a>, active, "they shall pluck up," and this with the subject remaining indefinite is equivalent to the passive form, "they shall be plucked up." This indefinite "they" can be used of God, as also in <a href="/job/7-3.htm">Job 7:3</a> (Fleischer). The expression has been understood as referring to being driven into exile (Gesenius), and this view would be amply justified by the fate which overtook the apostate nation when both the kingdoms of Israel and Judah suffered this fate (cf. LXX. <span class="greek">ἐξωθήσονται</span>, "they shall be driven out"). It also derives colour from the language of the preceding verse, but the imagery appears to be derived from the cutting down and rooting up of trees. The destruction of the wicked and transgressors will be complete. They shall be exterminated (cf. Targum, <span class="accented">eradicabuntur</span>; Syriac <span class="accented">evellentur</span>; and Arabic, <span class="accented">exterminabuntur</span>). <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/2-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">but the wicked</span><br /><span class="heb">וּ֭רְשָׁעִים</span> <span class="translit">(ū·rə·šā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7563.htm">Strong's 7563: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wrong, an, bad person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be cut off</span><br /><span class="heb">יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yik·kā·rê·ṯū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמֶּֽנָּה׃</span> <span class="translit">(mim·men·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the land,</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאֶ֣רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the unfaithful</span><br /><span class="heb">וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇō·wḡ·ḏîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_898.htm">Strong's 898: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cover, to act covertly, to pillage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">{will} be uprooted.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִסְּח֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yis·sə·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5255.htm">Strong's 5255: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull or tear away</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/2-22.htm">Proverbs 2:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/2-22.htm">Proverbs 2:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/2-22.htm">Proverbs 2:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/2-22.htm">Proverbs 2:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/2-22.htm">Proverbs 2:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/2-22.htm">Proverbs 2:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/2-22.htm">Proverbs 2:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/2-22.htm">Proverbs 2:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/2-22.htm">Proverbs 2:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/2-22.htm">Proverbs 2:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/2-22.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 2:22 But the wicked will be cut off (Prov. 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