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ODIOUS WOMAN - One in whom there is nothing loveable. Marriage, which
to most women is the state in which they find scope for their highest
qualities, becomes to her only a sphere in which to make her...
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VI. THE WORDS OF AGUR THE SON OF JAKEH
CHAPTER 30
Some hold that Agur is another name for Solomon. This opinion is also
upheld by the Talmud, which speaks of six names which belonged to the
King: Sol...
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PROVERBS 30. THE SAYINGS OF AGUR. It is uncertain whether the title
embraces the whole chapter or Proverbs 30:1, or Proverbs 30:1 only.
Proverbs 30:1. The title is extremely obscure, and has been muc...
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IS HEIRTO. has dispossessed, or become heiress to....
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Four things that are INTOLERABLE.
Two of them are drawn from each sex, and in each case they are
unbearable because they are _out of place, in a false position_....
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FOR THREE THINGS THE EARTH IS DISQUIETED— We have here an answer to
another enigmatical question, What things are most intolerable? Which
he tells us are, 1. A slave who bears rule; 2. A fool over-fed...
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TEXT Proverbs 30:21-33
21.
For three things the earth doth tremble,
And for four, which it cannot bear:
22.
For a servant when he is king;
And a fool when he is filled with food;
23.
For an od...
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For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir
to her mistress.
FOR AN ODIOUS (WOMAN) WHEN SHE IS MARRIED - for by her bad temper and
ways she makes herself unbearable to he...
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THE WORDS OF AGUR
The simplest way of treating the title is to read as follows: 'The
words of Agur, son of Yakeh, of Massa.' Then we may proceed, with RM,
'The man saith, I have wearied myself, O God...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 30
THE PUZZLES OF AGUR AND LEMUEL
(PROVERBS 30:1 TO PROVERBS 31:9)
These passages are by Agur (Proverbs 30) and King Lemuel (Proverbs
31:1-9...
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FOR AN ODIOUS WOMAN WHEN SHE IS MARRIED. — She pays off, with
interest, the slights which she had formerly to endure from her
married friends.
AN HANDMAID THAT IS HEIR TO HER MISTRESS, and who is ner...
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תַּ֣חַת שְׂ֭נוּאָה כִּ֣י תִבָּעֵ֑ל
וְ֝ שִׁפְחָ֗ה כִּֽי ־תִירַ֥שׁ
גְּבִרְתָּֽהּ׃ פ...
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CHAPTER 31
THE WORDS OF AGUR
THE rendering of the first verse of this chapter is very uncertain.
Without attempting to discuss the many conjectural emendations, we
must briefly indicate the view whic...
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LESSONS FROM COMMON THINGS
Proverbs 30:18-33
We have four more quatrains.
1. There are the four wonders that baffle Agur's understanding. How
superficial is our knowledge! How does the eagle mount...
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This and the following chapter constitute an appendix to the Book of
Proverbs. It is impossible to say who Agur was. In this selection from
his writings we have an introduction, in which he a r m s th...
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For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is (m)
heir to her mistress.
(m) Who is married to her master after the death of her mistress....
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_Mistress, and is married to her master. She will generally prove
insolent; like slaves on the throne, Regnabit sanguine multo ad regnum
quisquis venit ab exilio. (Suetonius, Tib. 59.) (Calmet)_...
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The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three
things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is
enough: The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not fi...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
follow...
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FOR AN ODIOUS [WOMAN], WHEN SHE IS MARRIED,.... Odious for her person,
her ugliness, and the deformity of her body; or rather for the ill
qualities of her mind, which, while single, she endeavours to...
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_For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is
heir to her mistress._
Ver. 23. _For an odious woman when she is married._] Such a one was
Peninnah, who vexed good Hannah, "to mak...
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_For three things the earth_ That is, the inhabitants of the earth;
_is disquieted_ By their insolence and impudence they cause great
disturbances in the places where they live; _for four it cannot re...
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DEDUCING TRUTHS FROM COMMON EXPERIENCE...
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In THE FIVE Chapter S now completed are proverbs of Solomon copied out
by Hezekiah's servants. The last two Chapter s show a distinct change
in character, both being called "prophecies," and written b...
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ODIOUS; proud, and perverse, and full of hateful and offensive
qualities. WHEN SHE IS MARRIED; for then she displayeth and exerciseth
all those ill humours, which before for her own ends she concealed...
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Proverbs 30:23 hateful H8130 (H8803) married H1166 (H8735) maidservant
H8198 succeeds H3423 (H8799) mistress H1404
an odious - Proverbs 19:13, Proverbs 21:9, Proverbs 21:19, Proverbs
27:15
an handmai...
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CONTENTS: The words of Agur.
CHARACTERS: God, Agur, Ithiel, Ucal.
CONCLUSION: God's Word is sure and pure, and venturing our souls upon
it, we shall find it a shield against temptations, a safe prot...
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Proverbs 30:1. _The words of Agur._ The style of this book seems to be
much older than that of Solomon. Its simplicity very well agrees with
the times of the patriarchs, or when the judges presided. H...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 30:1 The Sayings of Agur. The identity of
Agur, son of Jakeh, is unknown. One claim is that the word translated
ORACLE actually should be the proper name “Massa,” so that v....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 30:23. ODIOUS, or _unloved_.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 30:21_
BURDENS GRIEVOUS TO BE BORNE
I. IT IS SOMETIMES DANGEROUS TO THE PEACE OF A COMMUNITY TO R...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 30:1
PART VII. FIRST APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION, containing "the
words of Agur." A short introduction, teaching that the Word of God is
the source of wisdom (Proverbs 30:1)...
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This is the end of the proverbs that were gathered by Hezekiah's men.
Now in the thirtieth chapter we have,
The words of Agur (Proverbs 30:1)
Whoever he is. He tells us who he is, but it really does...
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Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 21:19; Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 27:15;
Proverbs 29:21...
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An odious — Proud, and perverse. Married — For then she displays
all those ill humours, which before, she concealed. Is heir — Which
great and sudden change transports her beside herself, and makes he...