Proverbs 2:21,22

land … earth The Heb. word is the same, and should have the same rendering, either land or earth, in both verses. To a Jew this would of course mean "the landwhich the Lord, thy God, giveth thee" (Exodus 20:12; comp. Psalms 37 passim); but in a Book, the colouring of which is not Jewish, but which addresses itself to all mankind, it is open to us to render, earth, with R.V. marg. See Proverbs 11:31.