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Selected Verse: Proverbs 4:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 4:5 |
Strong Concordance |
Get [07069] wisdom [02451], get [07069] understanding [0998]: forget [07911] it not; neither decline [05186] from the words [0561] of my mouth [06310]. |
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King James |
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. |
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] |
Get--as a possession not to be given up.
neither decline--that is, from obeying my word. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The exhortation of the father now specializes itself:
5 Get wisdom, get understanding;
Forget not and turn not from the words of my mouth.
6 Forsake her not, so shall she preserve thee;
Love her, so shall she keep thee.
Wisdom and understanding are (5a) thought of as objects of merchandise (cf. Pro 23:23; Pro 3:14), like the one pearl of great price, Mat 13:46, and the words of fatherly instruction (5b), accordingly, as offering this precious possession, or helping to the acquisition of it. One cannot indeed say correctly אל־תשׁכח מאמרי־פי, but אל־תשׁכח משּׁמר אמרי־פי (Psa 102:5); and in this sense אל־תּשׁכּח goes before, or also the accus. object, which in אל־תשכח the author has in his mind, may, since he continues with אל־תּט, now not any longer find expression as such. That the אמרי־פי are the means of acquiring wisdom is shown in Pro 4:6, where this continues to be the primary idea. The verse, consisting of only four words, ought to be divided by Mugrash;
(Note: According to correct readings in codd. and older editions, ותשמרךּ has also indeed Rebia Mugrash, and אהבה, Mercha (with Zinnorith); vid., Torath Emeth, p. 47, 6; Accentuationssystem, xviii. 1, 2; and regarding the Zinnorith, see Liber Psalmorum Hebraicus by S. Baer, p. xii.)
the Vav (ו) in both halves of the verse introduces the apodosis imperativi (cf. e.g., Pro 3:9., and the apodosis prohibitivi, Pro 3:21.). The actual representation of wisdom, Pro 4:5, becomes in Pro 4:6 personal. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Get wisdom - True religion is essential to thy happiness; never forget its teachings, nor go aside from the path it prescribes. |
6 Forsake [05800] her not, and she shall preserve [08104] thee: love [0157] her, and she shall keep [05341] thee.
5 Get [07069] wisdom [02451], get [07069] understanding [0998]: forget [07911] it not; neither decline [05186] from the words [0561] of my mouth [06310].
21 My son [01121], let not them depart [03868] from thine eyes [05869]: keep [05341] sound wisdom [08454] and discretion [04209]:
9 Honour [03513] the LORD [03068] with thy substance [01952], and with the firstfruits [07225] of all thine increase [08393]:
6 Forsake [05800] her not, and she shall preserve [08104] thee: love [0157] her, and she shall keep [05341] thee.
5 By reason of the voice [06963] of my groaning [0585] my bones [06106] cleave [01692] to my skin [01320].
46 Who [3739], when he had found [2147] one [1520] pearl [3135] of great price [4186], went [565] and sold [4097] all [3956] that [3745] he had [2192], and [2532] bought [59] it [846].
14 For the merchandise [05504] of it is better [02896] than the merchandise [05505] of silver [03701], and the gain [08393] thereof than fine gold [02742].
23 Buy [07069] the truth [0571], and sell [04376] it not; also wisdom [02451], and instruction [04148], and understanding [0998].