Proverbs 27:16

Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. WHOSOEVER HIDETH HER (STRIVETH TO HIDE OR KEEP HER BACK) HIDETH THE WIND (WHICH ONLY HOWLS THE MORE THAT IT IS PENT UP), AND THE OINTMENT OF HIS RIGHT HAND, (WHICH) BEWRAYETH (ITSELF). He does the same as if he tried to hide the odorous oil wherewith he has anointed his right hand, which betrays itself (literally, cries out) by the smell. Maurer translates, 'And his right hand crieth out for ointment.'-namely, to heal the scratches which his right hand gets from her in trying to hide or restrain her. I prefer the English version. The crying out of the ointment evidently answers to the clamour of "the contentious woman." It is as impossible to stifle one as the other. She is as closely joined to her husband as the ointment to the right hand on which it is. She bewrays herself by bawling, a...

Verse Proverbs 27:16. _WHOSOEVER HIDETH HER HIDETH THE WIND_] You may as well attempt to repress the blowing of the wind, as the tongue of a scold; and to conceal this unfortunate propensity of a wife is as impossible as to hush the storm, and prevent its sound from being heard. _THE OINTMENT OF HIS RIGHT HAND_] You can no more conceal such a woman's conduct, than you can the smell of the aromatic oil with which your hand has been anointed. The Hebrew is very obscure, and is variously translated. _Coverdale_ thus: "He that refrayneth her, refrayneth the wynde; and holdith oyle fast in his honde." That is, he attempts to do what is impossible to be done....

The point is the impossibility of concealment or restraint. A person cannot hide the wind, or clasp it in his hands. If he takes an unguent in his right hand, the odor betrays him, or it slips out. So, in like manner, the “contentious woman” is one whose faults it is impossible either to hide or check. The difficulty of the proverb led to a different reading, adopted by the versions, “The north wind is rough, and yet it is called propitious”; it clears off the clouds and brings fine weather....

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 27:1 These verses are grouped in pairs, each two being connected in subject. PROVERBS 27:1 BOAST NOT THYSELF OF TOMORROW. He boasts himself (Proverbs 25:14) of tomorrow who counts upon it presumptuously, settles that he will do this or that, as if his life was in his own power, and he could make sure of time. This is blindness and arrogance. FOR THOU KNOWEST NOT WHAT A DAY MAY BRING FORTH. Our Lord gave a lesson on this matter in the parable of the rich fool (Luke 12:1.); and an analogous warning, based on our ver

WHOSOEVER HIDETH HER HIDETH THE WIND,.... Whoever attempts to stop her brawls and contentions, to repress and restrain them, and hinder her voice being heard in the streets, and endeavours to hide the shame that comes upon herself and family, attempts a thing as impossible as to hide the wind in the palm of a man's hand, or to stop it from blowing; for as that, by being restrained or pent up by any methods that can be used, makes the greater noise, so, by all the means that are used to still a contentious woman, she is but the more noisy and clamorous, and becomes more shameful and infamous; AND THE OINTMENT OF HIS RIGHT HAND, [WHICH] BEWRAYETH [ITSELF]: or "will call" or "calls" h, and says, in effect, Here am I; for the smell of it, which cannot be hid when held in a man's hand, betrays it; and the faster he holds it, and the more he presses and squeezes it, and the more it is heated...

Proverbs 27:1. _Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth._ Let us never boast of future days and years, or what we mean to do when we come to any age, or what shall be our position when we grow gray. Let us never boast of anything in the future, for we cannot tell what even a day may bring forth. Proverbs 27:2. _Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips._ For he who praises himself writes himself down a fool in capital letters. Proverbs 27:3. _A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both._ One might endure almost any sort of

V. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO SOLOMON In the three Chapter s which follow 27-29 we find the change we have noticed before. These proverbs are addressed to a person and the phrases “My son” and the personal address, “thou,” “thy” and “thyself,” are again used in these Chapter s. Like the previous sections, so here we find instructions which were given to Solomon. CHAPTER 27 INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS The opening proverb warns against procrastination. No one can be sure of what the next day may bring forth.True wisdom is not to trust the future day, for it may never come, nor are we to dwell in the past. While it is today we must live and act and leave nothing undone which can be done today. How true this is of salvation which is offered for today--now is the day of salvation. How many have been lost forever by procrastination, by thinking a more convenient time would come. Well has one said,...

A collection of aphorisms on various subjects. PROVERBS 27:3. _cf._ Sir_22:14 f. The comparison suggests that vexation is out of place. It is the fool that is a bore, not his anger. Proverbs 27:4 a Lit. ruthlessness of wrath, torrent of anger, or wrath is ruthlessness, anger a torrent. Proverbs 27:6. profuse: a doubtful translation of an obscure Heb. word, although Matthew 26:49 (viz. the force of κατὰ? in κατεφίλησεν) is quoted in support. AV deceitful depends upon an emendation following the Lat. Pr

WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. AND. Supply the Ellipsis, "And [hideth]", &c....

_Whosoever hideth_&c. The verse is better rendered: HE THAT WOULD RESTRAIN HER RESTRAINETH THE WIND, AND HIS RIGHT HAND MEETS WITH OIL. "She is as subtle as wind, as slippery as oil," _Rel. Tr. Soc. Comm_. The A.V. takes the second clause of the verse to mean, You might as well try to conceal ointment in your right hand, which would certainly betray its presence, either by its odour, or by trickling through your fingers. But the proverb is at once more forcible and more harmonious, when it speaks of restraining the wind and grasping the oil....