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Selected Verse: Proverbs 30:9 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 30:9 |
Strong Concordance |
Lest I be full [07646], and deny [03584] thee, and say [0559], Who is the LORD [03068]? or lest I be poor [03423], and steal [01589], and take [08610] the name [08034] of my God [0430]in vain. |
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King James |
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. |
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] |
be full . . . deny--that is, puffed up by the pride of prosperity.
take the name . . . vain--This is not (Hebrew) the form (compare Exo 20:7), but "take" rather denotes laying violent hold on any thing; that is, lest I assail God's name or attributes, as justice, mercy, &c., which the poor are tempted to do. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The special dangers of the two extremes. Wealth tempts to pride, unbelief, and a scorn like that of Pharaoh Exo 5:2; poverty to, dishonesty, and then to perjury, or to the hypocritical profession of religion which is practically identical with it. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Deny thee - By trusting to riches, which is a denial of God, and by unthankfulness for, and abuse of his mercies. Who is the Lord - That I should serve him. Lest I take - Use false oaths either to vindicate myself when I am suspected, or to gratify others, as poor men frequently do. |
7 Thou shalt not take [05375] the name [08034] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] in vain [07723]; for the LORD [03068] will not hold him guiltless [05352] that taketh [05375] his name [08034] in vain [07723].
2 And Pharaoh [06547] said [0559], Who is the LORD [03068], that I should obey [08085] his voice [06963] to let Israel [03478] go [07971]? I know [03045] not the LORD [03068], neither will I let Israel [03478] go [07971].