Proverbs 24:10

faint Or, art slack. The Heb. word is the same as in Proverbs 18:9.

is small as is proved to be the case by thy "fainting" under pressure. But the proverb may mean, because ofthy fainting thy strength will besmall; want of courage will cause want of strength to meet the emergency. So Vulg., imminuetur fortitudo tua; and Maurer, impar eris ferendis malis. Comp. "Let us not be weary (ἐγκακῶμεν, turn cowards, lose heart, Bp Lightfoot) in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not," Galatians 6:9; where see note in this Series.