Proverbs 21:14

pacifieth The Heb. word occurs only here, and scholars, both ancient and modern, are divided between pacifieth(A.V. and R.V. text), turneth away, or bendeth(ἀνατρέπει, LXX.; frangit, Syr.; bendeth, R.V. marg.), and extinguisheth(extinguit, Vulg.); the word in this last case being regarded as synonymous with the similar word rendered quenched(of God's anger), Jeremiah 7:20. Both renderings are admissible, but the former is to be preferred.

a reward Rather, a present, R.V., as the same Heb. word is rendered in Proverbs 6:35; Proverbs 17:8, A.V.

in the bosom brought in the folds of the garment from which it is drawn out stealthily and presented, see Proverbs 17:23.