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Selected Verse: Proverbs 22:20 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Pr 22:20	Strong Concordance	Have not I written [03789] to thee [08032] excellent things [07991] in counsels [04156] and knowledge [01847],
	King James	Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
excellent things--or probably of former times. counsels and knowledge--both advice and instruction.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

excellent things--or probably of former times.

counsels and knowledge--both advice and instruction.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Excellent things - A meaning of the word derived from "the third," i. e., "the chief of three warriors in a chariot" (compare Exo 14:7 note). Another reading of the Hebrew text gives "Have I not written to thee long ago?" and this would form a natural antithesis to "this day" of Pro 22:19. The rendering of the Septuagint is: "write them for thyself three times;" that of the Vulgate, "I have written it (i. e., my counsel) In threefold form;" the "three times" or "threefold form" being referred either to the Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Solomon, or to the division of the Old Testament into the Law, the prophets, and the Hagiographa.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Excellent things - A meaning of the word derived from "the third," i. e., "the chief of three warriors in a chariot" (compare Exo 14:7 note). Another reading of the Hebrew text gives "Have I not written to thee long ago?" and this would form a natural antithesis to "this day" of Pro 22:19. The rendering of the Septuagint is: "write them for thyself three times;" that of the Vulgate, "I have written it (i. e., my counsel) In threefold form;" the "three times" or "threefold form" being referred either to the Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Solomon, or to the division of the Old Testament into the Law, the prophets, and the Hagiographa.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
In counsels and knowledge - In counsels which proceed from found knowledge.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

In counsels and knowledge - In counsels which proceed from found knowledge.

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