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Selected Verse: Proverbs 17:2 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 17:2 |
King James |
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Compare Pro 14:35).
causeth shame-- (Pro 10:5).
shall . . . inheritance--that is, share a brother's part (compare Num 27:4, Num 27:7). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The "servant," it must be remembered, was a slave, but (as in such cases as Gen 15:2; Sa2 16:4) might succeed to the inheritance. |
7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.
5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.
2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?