Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Proverbs 6:5
Of the hunter. — This, or some such phrase (perhaps, the hand “that held him”), must be supplied here.
Of the hunter. — This, or some such phrase (perhaps, the hand “that held him”), must be supplied here.
Verse Proverbs 6:5. _DELIVER THYSELF AS A ROE_] צבי _tsebi_, the antelope. If thou art got into the snare, get out if thou possibly canst; make every _struggle_ and _excertion_, as the antelope taken...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The surety (Proverbs 6:1)_ 2. The sluggard (Proverbs 6:6) 3. The naughty, good-for-nothing person (Proverbs 6:12) 4. The strange woman ...
A section totally dissimilar from the rest of this division of Pr. It consists of four short subsections Proverbs 6:1 against suretyship, Proverbs 6:6 against sloth, Proverbs 6:12 against talebearing,...
HAND. Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac read "snare"....
of the hunter] These words, which are not in the Heb., are not necessary to the sense. The struggling roe forces itself from the hand (be it of hunter or of anyone else) that has laid hold on it....
Eleventh Address. Chap. 6. Proverbs 6:1. _The Surety_ "From the solemn principle announced at the close of the last chapter (Proverbs 6:23) the teacher passes … to illustrate the truth by three exampl...
CHAPTER 6 TEXT Proverbs 6:1-11 1. My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast striken thy hands for a stranger; 2. Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art tak...
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. DELIVER THYSELF AS A ROE (THE EMBLEM OF FLEETNESS, ; ) FROM THE HAND (OF THE HUNTER), AND AS A BIRD...
DISSUASIVES FROM HURTFUL THINGS Proverbs 6:1 are inserted here from some other collection, and contain warnings against suretyships (1-5), sloth (6-11), falseness (12-15), evils which the Lordhates (1...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 6 V1 My son, follow this advice when you make a mistake. Perhaps you promised to pay a neighbour’s debt....
We should act quickly, like an animal that runs to escape from a hunter. V6 Do not be lazy! Think about the ant! (Ants are insects. They live in large groups.) Learn from the ant, and so be wise! V...
הִ֭נָּצֵל כִּ צְבִ֣י מִ יָּ֑ד וּ֝ כְ
CHAPTER 7 CERTAIN EXAMPLES OF THE BINDING CHARACTER OF OUR OWN ACTIONS "The surety the sluggard and the worthless person." Proverbs 6:1; Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 6:12 FROM the solemn principle announc...
AVOID SURETYSHIP AND SLOTH Proverbs 6:1 A young man, being entreated by his friend to go bond for him, consents, in an easy-going way to become his surety. He promises to be responsible for the other...
The parental exhortations are continued. In this section they are directed against suretyship, indolence, the evil man, and certain specific things which Jehovah hates. The warnings against becoming s...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9. There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly so...
DELIVER THYSELF AS A ROE FROM THE HAND [OF THE HUNTER],.... As such a creature, which is very swift, when it is got into the hand of the hunter, will strive and struggle to get out; so should a man tr...
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. Ver. 5. _As a roe from the hand, &c._] This creature may be taken, but not easily tamed: it seeks th...
_Do this now, my son_ Immediately follow the counsel which I now give thee, and _deliver thyself_ Use thy utmost endeavours to be discharged; _when_, or _since, thou art come into the hand_ That is, i...
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, literally, "from his," the debtor's, "hand," bending every effort, with anxiety and exertion, AND AS A BIRD FROM THE HAND OF THE FOWLER. Prompt an...
WARNING AGAINST FOOLISH SURETYSHIP, IDLENESS, AND MALICE...
1-5 If we live as directed by the word of God, we shall find it profitable even in this present world. We are stewards of our worldly substance, and have to answer to the Lord for our disposal of it;...
With all possible expedition, as the roe runs swiftly away....
Proverbs 6:5 Deliver H5337 (H8734) gazelle H6643 hand H3027 bird H6833 hand H3027 fowler H3353 as a bird -...
IF HIS SON HAS BECOME SURETY FOR ANOTHER HE SHOULD SEEK TO OBTAIN RELEASE FROM HIS OBLIGATION AT ALL COSTS (PROVERBS 6:1). To become a surety is to guarantee to pay someone else's debts if that person...
CONTENTS: Caution against rash suretiship, slothfulness, forwardness, and whoredom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Suretiship is to be avoided, because by it poverty and ruin are ofte...
Proverbs 6:1. _If thou be surety for thy friend._ If charity has gained an ascendancy over the judgment, prepare to perform thy covenant. To aid a friend in poverty is a generous deed, it is lending w...
_If thou be surety for thy friend._ SOCIAL SURETYSHIPS The principles of domestic, social, and political economy in the Bible are far more wise, as well as righteous, than can be found in human book...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 6:1 SECURITY. Promising to pay someone else’s debt if he does not pay it is described as a trap in which one’s life is endangered. A person should not put himself in a positi...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 6:3 If the son has already given security for a loan, he is urged to SAVE himself from the whim of the one in debt and PLEAD URGENTLY with him. The point of such pleading is...
CRITICAL NOTES,— Proverbs 6:1. With a stranger, rather, “for” a stranger. PROVERBS 6:3. WHEN THOU ART COME, rather, “for thou hast come.” HUMBLE THYSELF, literally “let thyself be trodden under foot...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 6:1 The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is a warning. The subjects treated of are (1) suretyship (Proverbs 6:1); (2) sloth ...
Now let us turn to Proverbs, chapter 6. The first part of the Proverbs is exhortation to my son. It's just good fatherly advice to sons. And chapter 6 continues in these exhortations that are opened b...
Proverbs 1:17; Psalms 11:1; Psalms 124:7...