Proverbs 12:1
_instruction_ or, _correction_, R.V. text. See Proverbs 1:2, note.... [ Continue Reading ]
_instruction_ or, _correction_, R.V. text. See Proverbs 1:2, note.... [ Continue Reading ]
_obtaineth_ See Proverbs 3:13, note. Comp. Proverbs 8:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
_A virtuous woman_ Comp. Ruth 3:11, and for a full description of the character intended, ch. Proverbs 31:10-31.... [ Continue Reading ]
_to lie in wait_ So R.V. marg., _a lying in wait_; but R.V. text, _of lying in wait_, comp. Proverbs 1:11. _them_ This may mean either the righteous themselves, or those for whose blood the wicked lie in wait.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the wicked are overthrown_ Lit. TO OVERTHROW THE WICKED! It is only to overthrow them, and they cease to exist; they have no stay, no power of recovery in them. Comp. Proverbs 10:25; Psalms 37:9-10; Psalms 37:35-38.... [ Continue Reading ]
_despised_ Rather, LIGHTLY ESTEEMED, R.V.; a person of no consequence, in the eyes of others, and perhaps (as in 1 Samuel 18:23, the word is used by David of himself) in his own eyes also, in contrast to him who _honoureth himself_. _hath a servant_ Notwithstanding his lowly position he is well eno... [ Continue Reading ]
_righteous_ because by such consideration he proves himself to be (Luke 1:6) "righteous, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord" (Deuteronomy 5:14; Deuteronomy 22:6-7; Deuteronomy 25:4), and because he is like the righteous God Himself (Psalms 145:9; Jonah 4:11). _regardeth_ Lit... [ Continue Reading ]
_vain_persons] We may either supply _persons_, with A.V. and R.V. text: or _things_, with R.V. marg. and LXX. μάταια, Vulg. _sectatur otium_, and in accordance with the usage of this Book in following the Heb. verb here employed by an accus. of a _thing_, Proverbs 11:19; Proverbs 15:9. In the former... [ Continue Reading ]
_net_ This rendering, which is retained in R.V. text, and on which the rendering _prey_, R.V. marg., is only a gloss (prey=net, for what it catches), gives a good and forcible antithesis to the proverb. There is perhaps an intended contrast between the restless and often fruitless activity of the hu... [ Continue Reading ]
_The wicked is snared_ Rather: IN THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LIPS IS A SNARE TO THE EVIL MAN, R.V. text; comp. A.V. marg., and for the sentiment, Proverbs 18:7. This is preferable to the rendering of R.V. marg., _an evil snare_, because it preserves the balance of the verse: the evil man, by the wi... [ Continue Reading ]
_recompence_ Rather, DOINGS, R.V., as at once more literal and clearer. Comp. Matthew 7:2; Luke 6:37-38. The point of the proverb is, that his speech and action have their consequences for a man himself, as well as for his neighbour.... [ Continue Reading ]
_he that hearkeneth_… is _wise_ Rather, HE THAT IS WISE HEARKENETH UNTO COUNSEL, R.V. (εἰσακούει δὲ συμβουλίας σοφός, LXX.; qui autem sapiens est audit consilia, Vulg.), in contrast to the fool, who thinks his own way must be right.... [ Continue Reading ]
_presently_ Lit. IN THE (_same_) DAY. Comp. "Will they make an end in one (lit. THE) day?" Nehemiah 4:2 [Heb. 3:34]; αὐθημερόν, LXX.... [ Continue Reading ]
_speaketh_ Rather, SPEAKETH RASHLY, R.V.; scattereth thoughtless words, as one might recklessly brandish a naked sword. "Many a word at random spoken May wound … a heart that's broken.... [ Continue Reading ]
_but for a moment_ Lit. _while I wink_. Comp. Jeremiah 49:19, where the word is rendered, _suddenly_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_evil … mischief_ Rather, MISCHIEF … EVIL, with R.V., reversing the meaning of the two Heb. words.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HEART] Comp. "The heart of fools is in their mouth; But the mouth of wise men is their heart." Sir 21:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the slothful_ Lit. _sloth_. See Proverbs 10:4. Comp. Proverbs 13:1-2. _shall be under tribute_ Rather, SHALL COME, or BE PUT, UNDER TASK-WORK, i.e. servile or enforced labour. The phrase occurs frequently (e.g. Deuteronomy 20:11; Judges 1:30; Judges 1:33; Judges 1:35), and is rendered, "be, or beco... [ Continue Reading ]
In spite of grammatical anomalies, the rendering of this verse in A.V. and R.V. is to be retained.... [ Continue Reading ]
is _more excellent than_ Rather, IS A GUIDE TO, R.V. Comp. "He guideth (the same word) the perfect in his way," 2 Samuel 22:33, R.V. _seduceth them_ Rather, CAUSETH THEM TO ERR, R.V. The antithesis between the two clauses of the verse is thus brought out more forcibly, especially if we understand b... [ Continue Reading ]
_roasteth not_ i.e. will not take the trouble to dress the animal which he has caught; or, better, never catches an animal to dress. Others, however, would render the word (which occurs nowhere else), _catcheth not_(R.V. marg.), or, _killeth not_(Maurer) _his prey_, οὐκ ἐπιτεύξεται, "will not (take... [ Continue Reading ]
_no death_ The rendering _to death_, i.e. _the pathway_(sc. common and well-trodden, or, of evil men) LEADETH _to death_, is supported by LXX. εἰς θάνατον, and Vulg. _ducit ad mortem_.... [ Continue Reading ]