CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 4:2. DOCTRINE, Literally something received, handed over; the
author so describes it because he received it from his father. The
Septuagint and the Vulgate translate by DONUM, “a gift.”
PROVERBS 4:3. TENDER AND ONLY, “dearly-beloved”—not that Solomon
was Bathsheba’s only... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 4:8. EXALT or “esteem.”
PROVERBS 4:9. Last clause, or “she shall compass thee with a crown
of glory.”
PROVERBS 4:10. As is all other instances (see Notes on Chap. Proverbs
3:2), Miller translates the promise: “And they shall grow greater to
thee through years of life.”... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 4:14. GO NOT. The Heb. is literally “to go
straightforward;” also, “to pronounce happy.”
PROVERBS 4:15. AVOID, “Let it go,” reject it.” TURN FROM IT,
_i.e._, even if thou hast entered, turn back.
PROVERBS 4:16. Miller here reads: “For the mere reason that they
sleep not,... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 4:22. HEALTH, or “healing.”
PROVERBS 4:23. “Above all other watching, keep thy heart,” some
read: “Keep thy heart with all (kinds of) keeping.”
_Issues_—“currents,” “outgoings.”
PROVERBS 4:24. FROWARD MOUTH, Lit., “distortion,”
“crookedness.”
PROVERBS 4:26. PONDER, “mak... [ Continue Reading ]