16<\/strong>. princes<\/em> ] “or rulers<\/em>,” R.V. marg. The Heb. word is not the same as in Pro 8:15<\/em><\/span>. The variety of words is used in order to bring all official positions within the domain of Wisdom.<\/p>\n of the earth<\/em> ] “Many ancient authorities read of righteousness<\/em>,” R.V. marg. This reading, found also in Syr. Targ. Vulg. (Lange ad loc<\/em>.), is due probably to the idea that the proposition was only true of just<\/em> judges.<\/p>\n By me princes rule<\/strong>,…. All governors of provinces and cities, who are under the king as supreme; the discharge of whose office in a right manner requires much wisdom, prudence, justice, and integrity; all which they have from Christ, as well as their power of ruling, that rule well;<\/p>\n and nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth<\/strong>; the word e for nobles signifies persons of a “free” spirit, generous, bountiful men; such as are called “benefactors”, Lu 22:25<\/span>; so one of the Ptolemys, king of Egypt, was called Evergetes. Such who govern, not in a cruel and rigorous manner, but with clemency and gentleness; who, as they are “free” and noble themselves, their subjects are a free people, and enjoy their privileges and liberties fully and quietly. And “the judges of the earth” are such, as sit on benches of justice, hear and try causes, and pass sentence on men; which requires great skill and knowledge, and much faithfulness and integrity, which all that perform their office aright have from Christ. How great therefore must he be! how wise and just! from whom all rulers, supreme and subordinate, have their power; prudence, generosity, and justice!<\/p>\n e “munifici sive liberales”, Vatablus; “ingenui”, Junius Tremellius, Gejerus “munifici”, Piscator; “generosi”, Schultens.<\/p>\n (16) All the judges of the earth<\/strong>.By the aid of heavenly wisdom only can they give right and just judgments, and so fulfil the high office delegated to them by God Himself, from the possession of which they are themselves termed gods (Exo. 22:28<\/span>; Psa. 82:1<\/span>). For the same reason kings, as ruling by His authority, have the same title accorded to them (Psa. 45:6<\/span>).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Pro 8:16 By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Ver. 16. And nobles.<\/strong> ] So called in the original, from their liberality and bounty. Hence Luk 22:25 this word is expressed by E , Bountiful, or benefactors, such as are ingenuous, free, munificent, endued with that free princely spirit. Psa 51:14 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Even all the judges of the earth.<\/strong> ] Though haply they be reckoned in the rank of bad men, but good princes; such as was Galba, and our Richard III, and Trajan, much magnified for a good emperor, and yet a drunkard and a cruel persecutor. a<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Plin. Secund. Dion. Cass.<\/p>\n judges of the earth. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Syriac, read “righteous judges”; reading zedek, “righteousness”, instead of ‘erez, “earth”. Revised Version follows this. <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 1Ki 10:9 – to do 2Ki 9:3 – I have anointed Psa 148:11 – Kings Dan 2:21 – he removeth Dan 2:47 – a Lord Dan 4:32 – until Dan 9:12 – our judges Rom 13:1 – there Rev 1:5 – and the prince Rev 10:2 – he set Rev 17:14 – Lord Rev 19:16 – KING<\/p>\n By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth. 16. princes ] “or rulers,” R.V. marg. The Heb. word is not the same as in Pro 8:15. The variety of words is used in order to bring all official positions within the domain of Wisdom. of the earth ] “Many ancient … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 8:16”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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