Bible Commentary

Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 7. guide ] Rather, chief, R.V. ( judge, marg.) to appoint its work. LXX. , in keeping with “the summer” and “the harvest” of the next verse. overseer ] The Heb. word is used of the Hebrew “officers,” whom the Egyptian “taskmasters” set over the Israelites in Egypt, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 6:7”

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 6. Go to the ant ] Comp. Pro 30:25; where however the foresight of the little insect is chiefly in view. Here its ceaseless activity, and that of its own free-will, without being set on work or kept up to it by external … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 6:6”

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. 5. 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) … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 6:5”

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. To wit, until thou hast taken care for the discharge of this obligation. Be not secure, nor negligent, nor dilatory in this matter. Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole 4, 5. The danger requirespromptness. Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 6:4”

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. 3. when ] Rather, for, or, seeing that, R.V. humble thyself ] Lit. offer thyself to be trampled upon; prostrate thyself. Others render, stir thyself, R.V. marg.; , LXX., … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 6:3”

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. Or, If thou art snared … if thou art taken, etc. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible Thy freedom is lost, and thou art now in bondage to another. Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 6:2”

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, 1. be surety ] Better, art become surety, R.V. The frequent mention of suretiship in this Book, and the strong terms of warning and reprobation in which it is invariably spoken of, accord well with what we … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 6:1”

He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. 23. without ] Rather, for lack of, R.V.; quia non habuit disciplinam, Vulg. Do you ask the cause of this dread catastrophe? The end, “he shall die,” and the road which led to it, “he shall go astray,” are … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 5:23”

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. Pro 5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself. Man as known by God and punished by sin I. Man as known by God. The fact that God knows man thoroughly, if practically realised, will … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 5:22”

For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. 21. For; as an additional reason for avoiding sin. pondereth ] The primary sense of the Heb. word, which is the same as in Pro 5:6 of this chapter, is adhered to in R.V. text: he maketh … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 5:21”