_A_good _name_ Heb. A NAME, as in Ecclesiastes 7:1. Comp. Sir 41:12 : "Have regard to thy name; For it continueth with thee longer than a thousand great treasures of gold." _loving favour rather than_ Or, _favour is better than_, A.V. and R.V. marg.... [ Continue Reading ]
Comp. Proverbs 29:13. The true remedy for social inequalities is not to abolish them, but to recognise Who it is that has appointed them, and the obligations of mutual consideration and respect which they involve.... [ Continue Reading ]
_foreseeth_ Rather, SEETH. _are punished_ Rather, SUFFER FOR IT., R.V. text. "Heb. _are mulcted_" R.V. marg.; ἐζημιώθησαν, LXX.; afflictus est damno, Vulg. The proverb occurs again Proverbs 27:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
_By humility_&c. Rather, THE REWARD OF HUMILITY _and_(or, _even_) OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD. The copula _and_is dispensed with in the Heb. because of the similarity, amounting almost to identity, of _humility_and _the fear of Jehovah_. Comp. Matthew 5:3; Matthew 5:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
_in the way he should go_ Lit. ACCORDING TO HIS WAY. The injunction contemplates not only the broad principles of education, physical, intellectual, moral, spiritual, which are the same for all, but their adaptation to each particular case, in a careful study of individual character and capacity, an... [ Continue Reading ]
_servant_ not necessarily by being sold to him as a slave (Leviticus 25:30. Comp. Jeremiah 34:13; Jeremiah 34:17); but more generally as being compelled to do his bidding.... [ Continue Reading ]
_vanity_ Better, with R.V. text, CALAMITY; κακὰ, LXX.; mala, Vulg. _the rod of his anger_ i.e. his power to vent his wrath upon others. Comp. Isaiah 14:6. The LXX. add to this verse ἄνδρα ἱλαρὸν καὶ δότην εὐλογεῖ ὁ Θεὸς, which is quoted by St Paul, 2 Corinthians 9:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
_bountiful_ Lit. GOOD, in contrast with an evil or grudging eye, Proverbs 23:6-7.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Cast out_ The gloss of the LXX. illustrates the meaning of the proverb: "Cast out of the assembly the scorner, and strife will go out with him, For while he remains in the assembly he insults every one," and fills the assembly, we may add, with mutual abuse and recrimination.... [ Continue Reading ]
for _the grace of_ If this rendering be retained, with both A.V. and R.V. text, it will mean that purity of heart, honest and good motives, will produce such winning speech as, by contrast with the empty and hollow flattery of the courtier, will conciliate the favour of the king. Comp. Proverbs 16:1... [ Continue Reading ]
_knowledge_ R.V. rightly inserts _him that hath_, before _knowledge_. _transgressor_ Rather, TREACHEROUS MAN, R.V.... [ Continue Reading ]
_slain_ or, more in accordance with the usual meaning of the Heb. word, _murdered_, R.V. The sluggard then offers two absurd excuses for not going forth to his business. -Without," he says, beyond the city walls, in the open country, -there is a lion," ready to tear me in pieces (comp. Jeremiah 5:6)... [ Continue Reading ]
_a deep pit_ such as is dug by a hunter for his prey. Comp. Proverbs 23:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
_bound_ Better, BOUND UP, R.V. Comp., for the force of the Heb. word, Genesis 44:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
shall _surely_come] Or, cometh ONLY, R.V. Two opposite methods of self-aggrandisement, grinding the poor and currying favour with the rich, have a common end in penury. Some, however, would render, He that oppresseth the poor (does it) _to increase his_(the poor man's) _gain_, because he urges him... [ Continue Reading ]
_the words of the wise_ Comp. Proverbs 1:6; Proverbs 24:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
III. Second Collection of Proverbs Chap. Proverbs 22:17 to Proverbs 24:22 A short Preface or Introduction, Proverbs 22:17-21. The body of the Collection, Proverbs 22:22 to Proverbs 24:22. 17 21. This short paragraph is at once a conclusion and an introduction, a pause in the continuous teaching o... [ Continue Reading ]
_they shall withal be fitted in_ Rather, IF THEY BE ESTABLISHED TOGETHER UPON, R.V.; i.e. if being kept securely in thy heart they dwell constantly on thy lips.... [ Continue Reading ]
_made known_ The R.V. _made_them _known_, makes the sense a little clearer.... [ Continue Reading ]
_excellent things_ The word has been thought to denote the chief of the three persons who formed the complement of an ancient war-chariot, and so to mean principal or excellent. In Proverbs 8:6 "excellent things" are literally princely things or words. The LXX. and Vulg., however, render the word li... [ Continue Reading ]
_send_unto _thee_ Rather, SEND THEE, with A.V. marg. and R.V. The verse is well rendered in the Rel. Tract. Society's Annotated Bible: "To teach thee truth, even words of faithfulness; That thou mayest bring back faithful words to them that send thee"; i.e. to train thee in truthfulness, that tho... [ Continue Reading ]
The body of the Collection Chap. Proverbs 22:22 to Proverbs 24:22 22. _because_ Which may either mean, Do not let his poverty and consequent defencelessness be a temptation to thee to wrong him, or, Let it be a motive with thee to abstain through pity from doing so. The latter meaning is indicated... [ Continue Reading ]
_soul_ Rather, LIFE. AND DESPOIL OF LIFE THOSE THAT DESPOIL THEM, R.V.... [ Continue Reading ]
_an angry man_ Better, A MAN THAT IS GIVEN TO ANGER, R.V. Lit A LORD OF ANGER. ἀνδρὶ θυμώδει, LXX.; homini iracundo, Vulg. _furious_ Rather, WRATHFUL, R.V.... [ Continue Reading ]
_strike hands_ i.e. as a surety. See Proverbs 6:1 note.... [ Continue Reading ]
_he_ i.e. the creditor.... [ Continue Reading ]
Comp. Proverbs 23:10; Deuteronomy 19:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
_stand before_ Comp. 1 Kings 10:8. _mean_ "Heb. _obscure_" R.V. marg.... [ Continue Reading ]