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Selected Verse: Proverbs 18:11 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 18:11 |
King James |
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| contrasts with Pro 18:10 (compare Pro 10:15). Such is a vain trust (compare Psa 73:6). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
What the name of the Lord is to the righteous Pro 18:10, that wealth is to the rich. He flees to it for refuge as to a strong city; but it is so only "in his own conceit" or imagination.
High - In the Hebrew the same word as "safe" Pro 18:10, and manifestly used in reference to it. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
11 The possession of the righteous is his strong fort,
And is like a high wall in his imagination.
Line first = Pro 10:15. משׂכּית from שׂכה, Chald. סכה(whence after Megilla 14a, יסכּה, she who looks), R. שׂך, cogn. זך, to pierce, to fix, means the image as a medal, and thus also intellectually: image (conception, and particularly the imagination) of the heart (Psa 73:7), here the fancy, conceit; Fleischer compares (Arab.) tṣwwr, to imagine something to oneself, French se figurer. Translators from the lxx to Luther incorrectly think on שׂכך (סכך), to entertain; only the Venet. is correct in the rendering: ἐν φαντασίᾳ αὐτοῦ; better than Kimchi, who, after Ezr 8:12, thinks on the chamber where the riches delighted in are treasured, and where he fancies himself in the midst of his treasures as if surrounded by an inaccessible wall. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The rich man's wealth - See Pro 10:15. |
6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.