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Selected Verse: Proverbs 3:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 3:16 |
Strong Concordance |
Length [0753] of days [03117] is in her right hand [03225]; and in her left hand [08040] riches [06239] and honour [03519]. |
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King James |
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. |
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] |
| Wisdom personified as bringing the best blessings (compare Mat 6:33; Ti1 4:8). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
That wisdom is of such incomparable value is here confirmed:
16 Length of days is in her right hand;
In her left, riches and honour.
17 Her ways are pleasant ways,
And all her paths are peace.
18 A tree of life is she to those that lay hold upon her,
And he who always holdeth her fast is blessed.
As in the right hand of Jahve, according to Psa 16:11, are pleasures for evermore, so Wisdom holds in her right hand "length of days," viz., of the days of life, thus life, the blessing of blessings; in her left, riches and honour (Pro 8:18), the two good things which, it is true, do not condition life, but, received from Wisdom, and thus wisely, elevate the happiness of life-in the right hand is the chief good, in the left the προσθήκη, Mat 6:33. Didymus: Per sapientiae dextram divinarum rerum cognitio, ex qua immortalitatis vita oritur, significatur; per sinistram autem rerum humanarum notitia, ex qua gloria opumque abundantia nascitur. The lxx, as between 15a and 15b, so also here after Pro 3:16, interpolate two lines: "From her mouth proceedeth righteousness; justice and mercy she bears upon her tongue," - perhaps translated from the Hebr., but certainly added by a reader.
Pro 3:17
דּרכי־נעם are ways on which one obtains what is agreeable to the inner and the outer man, and which it does good to enjoy. The parallel שׁלום is not a genitive to נתיבות to be supplied; that paths of Wisdom are themselves שׁלום, for she brings well-being on all sides and deep inwards satisfaction (peace). In regard to נתיבה, via eminens, elata, Schultens is right (vid., under Pro 1:15);
(Note: The root is not תב, to grope, but נת; whence Arab. natt, to bubble up, natâ, to raise oneself, to swell up, etc.)
נתיבותיה has Munach, and instead of the Metheg, Tarcha, vid., under Pro 1:31. The figure of the tree of life the fruit of which brings immortality, is, as Pro 11:30; Pro 15:4 (cf. Pro 13:12), Rev 2:7, taken from the history of paradise in the Book of Genesis. The old ecclesiastical saying, Lignum vitae crux Christi, accommodates itself in a certain measure, through Mat 11:19; Luk 11:49, with this passage of the Book of Proverbs. החזיק ב means to fasten upon anything, more fully expressed in Gen 21:18, to bind the hand firm with anything, to seize it firmly. They who give themselves to Wisdom, come to experience that she is a tree of life whose fruit contains and communicates strength of life, and whoever always keeps fast hold of Wisdom is blessed, i.e., to be pronounced happy (Psa 41:3, vid., under Psa 137:8). The predicate מאשּׁר, blessed, refers to each one of the תּמכיה, those who hold her, cf. Pro 27:16; Num 24:9. It is the so-called distributive singular of the predicate, which is freely used particularly in those cases where the plur. of the subject is a participle (vid., under Pro 3:35). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Length of days is in her right hand - A wicked man shortens his days by excesses; a righteous man prolongs his by temperance.
In her left hand riches and honor - That is, her hands are full of the choicest benefits. There is nothing to be understood here by the right hand in preference to the left. |
8 For [1063] bodily [4984] exercise [1129] profiteth [2076] little [4314] [3641]: but [1161] godliness [2150] is [2076] profitable unto [4314] all things [3956], having [2192] promise [1860] of the life [2222] that now is [3568], and [2532] of that which is to come [3195].
33 But [1161] seek ye [2212] first [4412] the kingdom [932] of God [2316], and [2532] his [846] righteousness [1343]; and [2532] all [3956] these things [5023] shall be added [4369] unto you [5213].
35 The wise [02450] shall inherit [05157] glory [03519]: but shame [07036] shall be the promotion [07311] of fools [03684].
9 He couched [03766], he lay down [07901] as a lion [0738], and as a great lion [03833]: who shall stir him up [06965]? Blessed [01288] is he that blesseth [01288] thee, and cursed [0779] is he that curseth [0779] thee.
16 Whosoever hideth [06845] her hideth [06845] the wind [07307], and the ointment [08081] of his right hand [03225], which bewrayeth [07121] itself.
8 O daughter [01323] of Babylon [0894], who art to be destroyed [07703]; happy [0835] shall he be, that rewardeth [07999] thee as thou hast served [01580] [01576] us.
3 The LORD [03068] will strengthen [05582] him upon the bed [06210] of languishing [01741]: thou wilt make [02015] all his bed [04904] in his sickness [02483].
18 Arise [06965], lift up [05375] the lad [05288], and hold [02388] him in thine hand [03027]; for I will make [07760] him a great [01419] nation [01471].
49 Therefore [1223] [5124] also [2532] said [2036] the wisdom [4678] of God [2316], I will send [649] [1519] them [846] prophets [4396] and [2532] apostles [652], and [2532] some of [1537] them [846] they shall slay [615] and [2532] persecute [1559]:
19 The Son [5207] of man [444] came [2064] eating [2068] and [2532] drinking [4095], and [2532] they say [3004], Behold [2400] a man [444] gluttonous [5314], and [2532] a winebibber [3630], a friend [5384] of publicans [5057] and [2532] sinners [268]. But [2532] wisdom [4678] is justified [1344] of [575] her [846] children [5043].
7 He that hath [2192] an ear [3775], let him hear [191] what [5101] the Spirit [4151] saith [3004] unto the churches [1577]; To him [846] that overcometh [3528] will I give [1325] to eat [5315] of [1537] the tree [3586] of life [2222], which [3739] is [2076] in [1722] the midst [3319] of the paradise [3857] of God [2316].
12 Hope [08431] deferred [04900] maketh the heart [03820] sick [02470]: but when the desire [08378] cometh [0935], it is a tree [06086] of life [02416].
4 A wholesome [04832] tongue [03956] is a tree [06086] of life [02416]: but perverseness [05558] therein is a breach [07667] in the spirit [07307].
30 The fruit [06529] of the righteous [06662] is a tree [06086] of life [02416]; and he that winneth [03947] souls [05315] is wise [02450].
31 Therefore shall they eat [0398] of the fruit [06529] of their own way [01870], and be filled [07646] with their own devices [04156].
15 My son [01121], walk [03212] not thou in the way [01870] with them; refrain [04513] thy foot [07272] from their path [05410]:
17 Her ways [01870] are ways [01870] of pleasantness [05278], and all her paths [05410] are peace [07965].
16 Length [0753] of days [03117] is in her right hand [03225]; and in her left hand [08040] riches [06239] and honour [03519].
33 But [1161] seek ye [2212] first [4412] the kingdom [932] of God [2316], and [2532] his [846] righteousness [1343]; and [2532] all [3956] these things [5023] shall be added [4369] unto you [5213].
18 Riches [06239] and honour [03519] are with me; yea, durable [06276] riches [01952] and righteousness [06666].
11 Thou wilt shew [03045] me the path [0734] of life [02416]: in thy presence [06440] is fulness [07648] of joy [08057]; at thy right hand [03225] there are pleasures [05273] for evermore [05331].