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Selected Verse: Proverbs 26:13 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 26:13 |
Strong Concordance |
The slothful [06102] man saith [0559], There is a lion [07826] in the way [01870]; a lion [0738] is in the streets [07339]. |
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King James |
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. |
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] |
| (Compare Pro 22:13). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Compare the marginal reference note. Here there is greater dramatic vividness in the two words used:
(1) A roaring one,
(2) a lion, more specifically. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
There follows now a group of proverbs regarding the slothful:
13 The slothful saith there is a lion without,
A lion in the midst of the streets;
cf. the original of this proverb, Pro 22:13. שׁוּעל, to say nothing of שׁחל, is not the jackal; שׁחל is the bibl. name for the lion. בּין is the more general expression for בּקרב, Isa 5:25; by the streets he thinks of the rows of houses that form them. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The slothful man saith - See the note on Pro 22:13 (note). |
13 The slothful [06102] man saith [0559], There is a lion [0738] without [02351], I shall be slain [07523] in [08432] the streets [07339].
25 Therefore is the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] kindled [02734] against his people [05971], and he hath stretched forth [05186] his hand [03027] against them, and hath smitten [05221] them: and the hills [02022] did tremble [07264], and their carcases [05038] were torn [05478] in the midst [07130] of the streets [02351]. For all this his anger [0639] is not turned away [07725], but his hand [03027] is stretched out [05186] still.
13 The slothful [06102] man saith [0559], There is a lion [0738] without [02351], I shall be slain [07523] in [08432] the streets [07339].
13 The slothful [06102] man saith [0559], There is a lion [0738] without [02351], I shall be slain [07523] in [08432] the streets [07339].