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Selected Verse: Proverbs 15:29 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 15:29 |
King James |
The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. |
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] |
| far . . . wicked--in His love and favor (Psa 22:11; Psa 119:155). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Compare Joh 9:31. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
29 Jahve is far from the godless;
But the prayer of the righteous He heareth.
Line second is a variation of 8b. God is far from the godless, viz., as Polychronius remarks, non spatii intercapedine, sed sententiae diversitate; more correctly: as to His gracious presence - חלץ מהם, He has withdrawn Himself from them, Hos 10:6, so that if they pray, their prayer reaches not to Him. The prayer of the righteous, on the contrary, He hears, He is graciously near to them, they have access to Him, He listens to their petitions; and if they are not always fulfilled according to their word, yet they are not without an answer (Psa 145:18). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The Lord is far from the wicked - He is neither near to hear, nor near to help. |
155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.