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Proverbs (Mishlei) is the manual of applied wisdom for covenant living. Wisdom in Proverbs is not abstract philosophy but ordered perception of reality — the recognition that creation has a moral grain, that fear of YHWH is the beginning of all true knowledge, and that human flourishing follows the design built into the fabric of things.
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- Primary Witness Text: Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both. Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? Open rebuke is better than secret love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel. Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man ...
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Proverbs (Mishlei) is the manual of applied wisdom for covenant living. Wisdom in Proverbs is not abstract philosophy but ordered perception of reality — the recognition that creation has a moral grain, that fear of YHWH is the beginning of all true knowledge, and that human flourishing follows the design built into the fabric of things.
Proverbs 8's personified Wisdom — present at creation, delighting before God — is cited by early Church Fathers as a window into the eternal Son. The book's practical ethics (sexual integrity, speech, work, generosity) embody a worldview in which creation's design is the source of moral instruction.
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Proverbs 27:1
Hebrew
אַֽל־תִּתְהַלֵּל בְּיוֹם מָחָר כִּי לֹא־תֵדַע מַה־יֵּלֶד יֽוֹם׃'al-titehalel-veyvom-machar-khiy-lo'-teda'-mah-yeled-yvom
KJV: Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
AKJV: Boast not yourself of to morrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.
ASV: Boast not thyself of to-morrow;
YLT: Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.
Exposition: Proverbs 27:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:2
Hebrew
יְהַלֶּלְךָ זָר וְלֹא־פִיךָ נָכְרִי וְאַל־שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃yehalelekha-zar-velo'-fiykha-nakheriy-ve'al-shefateykha
KJV: Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
AKJV: Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
ASV: Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;
YLT: Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.
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Proverbs 27:2
Verse 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth - We have a similar proverb, which illustrates this: "Self-praise is no commendation."
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:3
Hebrew
כֹּֽבֶד־אֶבֶן וְנֵטֶל הַחוֹל וְכַעַס אֱוִיל כָּבֵד מִשְּׁנֵיהֶֽם׃khoved-'even-venetel-hachvol-vekha'as-'eviyl-khaved-misheneyhem
KJV: A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
AKJV: A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
ASV: A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
YLT: A stone is heavy, and the sand is heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 27:3Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 27:3
Proverbs 27:3 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:4
Hebrew
אַכְזְרִיּוּת חֵמָה וְשֶׁטֶף אָף וּמִי יַעֲמֹד לִפְנֵי קִנְאָֽה׃'akhezeriyvt-chemah-veshetef-'af-vmiy-ya'amod-lifeney-qine'ah
KJV: Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
AKJV: Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
ASV: Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming;
YLT: Fury is fierce, and anger is overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?
Commentary WitnessProverbs 27:4Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 27:4
Verse 4 Who is able to stand before envy? - The rabbins have a curious story on this subject, and it has been formed by the moderns into a fable. There were two persons, one covetous and the other envious, to whom a certain person promised to grant whatever they should ask; but double to him who should ask last. The covetous man would not ask first, because he wished to get the double portion, and the envious man would not make the first request because he could not bear the thoughts of thus benefiting his neighbor. However, at last he requested that one of his eyes should be taken out, in order that his neighbor might lose both.
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:5
Hebrew
טוֹבָה תּוֹכַחַת מְגֻלָּה מֵֽאַהֲבָה מְסֻתָּֽרֶת׃tvovah-tvokhachat-megulah-me'ahavah-mesutaret
KJV: Open rebuke is better than secret love.
AKJV: Open rebuke is better than secret love.
ASV: Better is open rebuke
YLT: Better is open reproof than hidden love.
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Proverbs 27:5
Verse 5 Open rebuke is better than secret love - Plutarch gives an account of a man who, aiming a blow at his enemy's life, cut open an imposthume, which by a salutary discharge saved his life, that was sinking under a disease for which a remedy could not be found. Partial friendship covers faults; envy, malice, and revenge, will exhibit, heighten, and even multiply them. The former conceals us from ourselves; the latter shows us the worst part of our character. Thus we are taught the necessity of amendment and correction. In this sense open rebuke is better than secret love. Yet it is a rough medicine, and none can desire it. But the genuine open-hearted friend may be intended, who tells you your faults freely but conceals them from all others; hence the sixth verse: "Faithful are the wounds of a friend."
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Proverbs 27:5
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Open rebuke is better than secret love.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:6
Hebrew
נֶאֱמָנִים פִּצְעֵי אוֹהֵב וְנַעְתָּרוֹת נְשִׁיקוֹת שׂוֹנֵֽא׃ne'emaniym-fitze'ey-'vohev-vena'etarvot-neshiyqvot-shvone'
KJV: Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
AKJV: Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
ASV: Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
YLT: Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 27:6Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 27:6
Proverbs 27:6 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:7
Hebrew
נֶפֶשׁ שְׂבֵעָה תָּבוּס נֹפֶת וְנֶפֶשׁ רְעֵבָה כָּל־מַר מָתֽוֹק׃nefesh-sheve'ah-tavvs-nofet-venefesh-re'evah-khal-mar-matvoq
KJV: The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
AKJV: The full soul loathes an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
ASV: The full soul loatheth a honeycomb;
YLT: A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 27:7Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 27:7
Proverbs 27:7 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Proverbs 27:7
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- Proverbs 27:7
Exposition: Proverbs 27:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:8
Hebrew
כְּצִפּוֹר נוֹדֶדֶת מִן־קִנָּהּ כֵּֽן־אִישׁ נוֹדֵד מִמְּקוֹמֽוֹ׃khetzifvor-nvodedet-min-qinah-khen-'iysh-nvoded-mimeqvomvo
KJV: As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
AKJV: As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place.
ASV: As a bird that wandereth from her nest,
YLT: As a bird wandering from her nest, So is a man wandering from his place.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 27:8Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 27:8
Verse 8 Is a bird that wandereth from her nest - Leaving her own brood, places of retreat, and feeding-ground behind, and going into strange countries, where she is exposed to every kind of danger. So is the man who leaves his family connections and country, and goes into strange parts to find employment, better his circumstances, make a fortune, etc. I have seen multitudes of such wanderers from their place come to great misery and wretchedness. God's general advice is, "Do good, and dwell in the land; and verily thou shalt be fed."
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Proverbs 27:8
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:9
Hebrew
שֶׁמֶן וּקְטֹרֶת יְשַׂמַּֽח־לֵב וּמֶתֶק רֵעֵהוּ מֵֽעֲצַת־נָֽפֶשׁ׃shemen-vqetoret-yeshamach-lev-vmeteq-re'ehv-me'atzat-nafesh
KJV: Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
AKJV: Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
ASV: Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;
YLT: Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend--from counsel of the soul.
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Proverbs 27:9
Verse 9 Ointment and perfume - Anointing the head and various parts of the body with aromatic oil is frequent in the East, and fumigating the beards of the guests at the conclusion of an entertainment is almost universal; as is also sprinkling rose-water, and water highly ordoriferous. Two of the curious vessels which are used for this purpose are now before me; they hold some quarts each, and are beautifully inlaid with silver in the form of sprigs, leaves, etc.
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:10
Hebrew
רֵֽעֲךָ ורעה וְרֵעַ אָבִיךָ אַֽל־תַּעֲזֹב וּבֵית אָחִיךָ אַל־תָּבוֹא בְּיוֹם אֵידֶךָ טוֹב שָׁכֵן קָרוֹב מֵאָח רָחֽוֹק׃re'akha-vr'h-vere'a-'aviykha-'al-ta'azov-vveyt-'achiykha-'al-tavvo'-veyvom-'eydekha-tvov-shakhen-qarvov-me'ach-rachvoq
KJV: Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
AKJV: Your own friend, and your father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into your brother’s house in the day of your calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
ASV: Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;
YLT: Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better is a near neighbour than a brother afar off.
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Proverbs 27:10
Verse 10 Thine own friend - A well and long tried friend is invaluable. Him that has been a friend to thy family never forget, and never neglect. And, in the time of adversity, rather apply to such a one, than go to thy nearest relative, who keeps himself at a distance.
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:11
Hebrew
חֲכַם בְּנִי וְשַׂמַּח לִבִּי וְאָשִׁיבָה חֹרְפִי דָבָֽר׃chakham-veniy-veshamach-liviy-ve'ashiyvah-chorefiy-davar
KJV: My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
AKJV: My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me.
ASV: My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
YLT: Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 27:11Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 27:11
Proverbs 27:11 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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- Proverbs 27:11
Exposition: Proverbs 27:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:12
Hebrew
עָרוּם רָאָה רָעָה נִסְתָּר פְּתָאיִם עָבְרוּ נֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ׃'arvm-ra'ah-ra'ah-nisetar-feta'yim-'averv-ne'enashv
KJV: A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
AKJV: A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
ASV: A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself;
YLT: The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
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Proverbs 27:12 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:13
Hebrew
קַח־בִּגְדוֹ כִּי־עָרַב זָר וּבְעַד נָכְרִיָּה חַבְלֵֽהוּ׃qach-vigedvo-khiy-'arav-zar-vve'ad-nakheriyah-chavelehv
KJV: Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
AKJV: Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
ASV: Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;
YLT: Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
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Proverbs 27:13 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:14
Hebrew
מְבָרֵךְ רֵעֵהוּ ׀ בְּקוֹל גָּדוֹל בַּבֹּקֶר הַשְׁכֵּים קְלָלָה תֵּחָשֶׁב לֽוֹ׃mevarekhe-re'ehv- -veqvol-gadvol-vavoqer-hashekheym-qelalah-techashev-lvo
KJV: He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
AKJV: He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
ASV: He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
YLT: Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.
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Verse 14 He that blesseth his friend - He who makes loud and public protestations of acknowledgments to his friend for favors received, subjects his sincerity to suspicion; and remember the Italian proverb elsewhere quoted: - "He who praises you more than he was wont to do, has either deceived you, or is about to do it." Extravagant public professions are little to be regarded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:15
Hebrew
דֶּלֶף טוֹרֵד בְּיוֹם סַגְרִיר וְאֵשֶׁת מדונים מִדְיָנִים נִשְׁתָּוָֽה׃delef-tvored-veyvom-sageriyr-ve'eshet-mdvnym-mideyaniym-nishetavah
KJV: A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
AKJV: A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
ASV: A continual dropping in a very rainy day
YLT: A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
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Proverbs 27:15
Proverbs 27:15 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:16
Hebrew
צֹפְנֶיהָ צָֽפַן־רוּחַ וְשֶׁמֶן יְמִינוֹ יִקְרָֽא׃tzofeneyha-tzafan-rvcha-veshemen-yemiynvo-yiqera'
KJV: Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
AKJV: Whoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which denudes itself.
ASV: He that would restrain her restraineth the wind;
YLT: Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
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Verse 16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind - You may as well attempt to repress the blowing of the wind, as the tongue of a scold; and to conceal this unfortunate propensity of a wife is as impossible as to hush the storm, and prevent its sound from being heard. The ointment of his right hand - You can no more conceal such a woman's conduct, than you can the smell of the aromatic oil with which your hand has been anointed. The Hebrew is very obscure, and is variously translated. Coverdale thus: "He that refrayneth her, refrayneth the wynde; and holdith oyle fast in his honde." That is, he attempts to do what is impossible to be done.
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:17
Hebrew
בַּרְזֶל בְּבַרְזֶל יָחַד וְאִישׁ יַחַד פְּנֵֽי־רֵעֵֽהוּ׃varezel-vevarezel-yachad-ve'iysh-yachad-feney-re'ehv
KJV: Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
AKJV: Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
ASV: Iron sharpeneth iron;
YLT: Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
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Verse 17 Iron sharpeneth iron - As hard iron, viz., steel, will bring a knife to a better edge when it is properly whetted against it: so one friend may be the means of exciting another to reflect, dive deeply into, and illustrate a subject, without which whetting or excitement, this had never taken place. Had Horace seen this proverb in the Septuagint translation when he wrote to the Pisos? Ergo fungar vice cotis, acutum Reddere quae ferrum valet, exors ipsa secandi. Hor. Ars. Poet., ver. 304. "But let me sharpen others, as the hone Gives edge to razors, though itself have none." Francis.
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:18
Hebrew
נֹצֵר תְּאֵנָה יֹאכַל פִּרְיָהּ וְשֹׁמֵר אֲדֹנָיו יְכֻבָּֽד׃notzer-te'enah-yo'khal-fireyah-veshomer-'adonayv-yekhuvad
KJV: Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
AKJV: Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waits on his master shall be honored.
ASV: Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof;
YLT: The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.
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Proverbs 27:18 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:19
Hebrew
כַּמַּיִם הַפָּנִים לַפָּנִים כֵּן לֵֽב־הָאָדָם לָאָדָֽם׃khamayim-hafaniym-lafaniym-khen-lev-ha'adam-la'adam
KJV: As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
AKJV: As in water face answers to face, so the heart of man to man.
ASV: As in water faceanswerethto face,
YLT: As in water the face is to face, So the heart of man to man.
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Verse 19 As in water face answereth to face - All men's hearts are pretty nearly alike; water is not more like to water, than one heart is to another. Or, as a man sees his face perfectly reflected by the water, when looking into it; so the wise and penetrating man sees generally what is in the heart of another by considering the general tenor of his words and actions. "Surely, if each man saw another's heart There would be no commerce;All would disperse,And live apart." Hebert.
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:20
Hebrew
שְׁאוֹל ואבדה וַאֲבַדּוֹ לֹא תִשְׂבַּעְנָה וְעֵינֵי הָאָדָם לֹא תִשְׂבַּֽעְנָה׃she'vol-v'vdh-va'avadvo-lo'-tisheva'enah-ve'eyney-ha'adam-lo'-tisheva'enah
KJV: Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
AKJV: Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
ASV: Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;
YLT: Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.
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Verse 20 Hell and destruction are never full - How hideous must the soul of a covetous man be, when God compares it to hell and perdition! The eyes of man are never satisfied - As the grave can never be filled up with bodies, nor perdition with souls; so the restless desire, the lust of power, riches, and splendor, is never satisfied. Out of this ever unsatisfied desire spring all the changing fashions, the varied amusements, and the endless modes of getting money, prevalent in every age, and in every country.
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:21
Hebrew
מַצְרֵף לַכֶּסֶף וְכוּר לַזָּהָב וְאִישׁ לְפִי מַהֲלָלֽוֹ׃matzeref-lakhesef-vekhvr-lazahav-ve'iysh-lefiy-mahalalvo
KJV: As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
AKJV: As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
ASV: The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;
YLT: A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
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Verse 21 As the fining pot for silver - As silver and gold are tried by the art of the refiner, so is a man's heart by the praise he receives. If he feel it not, he deserves it; if he be puffed up by it, he is worthless.
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Proverbs 27:21
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:22
Hebrew
אִם תִּכְתּֽוֹשׁ־אֶת־הָאֱוִיל ׀ בַּֽמַּכְתֵּשׁ בְּתוֹךְ הָרִיפוֹת בַּֽעֱלִי לֹא־תָסוּר מֵעָלָיו אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃'im-tikhetvosh-'et-ha'eviyl- -vamakhetesh-vetvokhe-hariyfvot-va'eliy-lo'-tasvr-me'alayv-'ivaletvo
KJV: Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
AKJV: Though you should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
ASV: Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain,
YLT: If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things--with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.
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Verse 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool - Leaving all other conjectures, of which commentators are full, I would propose, that this is a metaphor taken from pounding metallic ores in very large mortars, such as are still common in the East, in order that, when subjected to the action of the fire, the metal may be the more easily separated from the ore. However you may try, by precept or example, or both, to instruct a stupid man, your labor is lost; his foolishness cannot be separated from him. You may purge metals of all their dross; but you cannot purge the fool of his folly.
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Proverbs 27:22
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:23
Hebrew
יָדֹעַ תֵּדַע פְּנֵי צֹאנֶךָ שִׁית לִבְּךָ לַעֲדָרִֽים׃yado'a-teda'-feney-tzo'nekha-shiyt-livekha-la'adariym
KJV: Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
AKJV: Be you diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.
ASV: Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,
YLT: Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
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Proverbs 27:23
Verse 23 The state of thy flocks - The directions to the end of the chapter refer chiefly to pastoral and agricultural affairs. Do not trust thy flocks to the shepherd merely; number them thyself; look into their condition; see how they are tended; and when, and with what, and in what proportion, they are fed.
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Proverbs 27:23
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:24
Hebrew
כִּי לֹא לְעוֹלָם חֹסֶן וְאִם־נֵזֶר לְדוֹר דור וָדֽוֹר׃khiy-lo'-le'volam-chosen-ve'im-nezer-ledvor-dvr-vadvor
KJV: For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
AKJV: For riches are not for ever: and does the crown endure to every generation?
ASV: For riches are not for ever;
YLT: For riches are not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
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Verse 24 For riches are not for ever - All other kinds of property are very transitory. Money and the highest civil honors are but for a short season. Flocks and herds, properly attended to, may be multiplied and continued from generation to generation. The crown itself is not naturally so permanent.
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:25
Hebrew
גָּלָה חָצִיר וְנִרְאָה־דֶשֶׁא וְנֶאֶסְפוּ עִשְּׂבוֹת הָרִֽים׃galah-chatziyr-venire'ah-deshe'-vene'esefv-'ishevvot-hariym
KJV: The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
AKJV: The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
ASV: The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself,
YLT: Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 27:25Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 27:25
Verse 25 The hay appeareth - Take care that this be timeously mown, carefully dried and safely ricked or housed. And when the tender grass and the proper herbs appear in the mountains in the spring, then send forth the lambs, the young of the flock, that they may get suitable pasturage, without too much impoverishing the home fields; for by the sale of the lambs and goats, the price of the field is paid - all the landlord's demands are discharged. Either a certain number of lambs, goats, and other cattle, was given to the landlord; or so much money as so many lambs, etc., were then worth.
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Exposition: Proverbs 27:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:26
Hebrew
כְּבָשִׂים לִלְבוּשֶׁךָ וּמְחִיר שָׂדֶה עַתּוּדִֽים׃khevashiym-lilevvshekha-vmechiyr-shadeh-'atvdiym
KJV: The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
AKJV: The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
ASV: The lambs are for thy clothing,
YLT: Lambs are for thy clothing, And the price of the field are he-goats,
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 27:26Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 27:26
Proverbs 27:26 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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- Proverbs 27:26
Exposition: Proverbs 27:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 27:27
Hebrew
וְדֵי ׀ חֲלֵב עִזִּים לְֽלַחְמְךָ לְלֶחֶם בֵּיתֶךָ וְחַיִּים לְנַעֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ׃vedey- -chalev-'iziym-lelachemekha-lelechem-veytekha-vechayiym-lena'arvoteykha
KJV: And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
AKJV: And you shall have goats’ milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance for your maidens.
ASV: Andthere will begoats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household,
YLT: And a sufficiency of goats' milk is for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!
Commentary WitnessProverbs 27:27Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 27:27
Verse 27 Goats' milk enough for thy food - ללחמך lelachmecha, "to thy bread;" for they ate the bread and supped the milk to assist mastication, and help deglutition. And it seems that bread, with goats' milk, was the general article of food for the master and his family; and for the servant maids who assisted in the household work, and performed the operations required in the dairy. The reader who wishes to see these maxims detailed and illustrated at large, may consult the writers De Re Rustica, where he will find much curious information.
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- De Re Rustica
Exposition: Proverbs 27:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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- Proverbs 27:1
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- Proverbs 27:25
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- Proverbs 27:27
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- Or
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Proverbs 27:1
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