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Selected Verse: Proverbs 21:12 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 21:12 |
King James |
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. |
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] |
(Compare Psa 37:35-38; Psa 73:17, Psa 73:20).
house--family or interests.
overthroweth--either supply "God" (compare Pro 10:24), or the word is used impersonally. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Or, The Righteous One (Yahweh) regardeth well the house of the wicked, and maketh the wicked fall into mischief. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
12 A righteous One marketh the house of the godless;
He hurleth the godless to destruction.
If we understand by the word צדּיק a righteous man, then 12a would introduce the warning which he gives, and the unexpressed subject of 12b must be God (Umbreit). But after such an introitus, יהוה ought not to be wanting. If in 12a "the righteous man" is the subject, then it presents itself as such also for the second parallel part. But the thought that the righteous, when he takes notice of the house of the godless, shows attention which of itself hurls the godless into destruction (Lwenstein), would require the sing. רשׁע in the conclusion; also, instead of מסלּף the fut. יסלּף would have been found; and besides, the judicial סלּף (vid., regarding this word at Pro 11:3; Pro 19:3) would not be a suitable word for this confirmation in evil. Thus by צדיק the proverb means God, and מסלף has, as at Pro 22:12, Job 12:19, this word as its subject. "A righteous One" refers to the All-righteous, who is called, Job 34:17, "the All-just One," and by Rashi, under the passage before us, צדּיקו שׁל־עולם. Only do not translate with Bertheau and Zckler: the Righteous One (All-righteous), for (1) this would require הצּדּיק, and (2) הצדיק is never by itself used as an attributive designation of God. Rightly, Fleischer and Ewald: a Righteous One, viz., God. It is the indetermination which seeks to present the idea of the great and dreadful: a Righteous One, and such a Righteous One!
(Note: The Arabs call this indetermination âlnkrt lalt'ẓym wallthwyl. Vid., under Psa 2:12.)
השׂכיל with על, Pro 16:20, or אל, Psa 41:2; Neh 8:13, here with ל, signifies to give attention to anything, to look attentively on it. The two participles stand in the same line: animum advertit ... evertit. Hitzig changes לבּית רשׁע into לבּיתו, and makes רשׁע the subject of 12b; but the proverb as it lies before us is far more intelligible. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Considereth - He looks through its present glory to that ruin for which it is designed. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The righteous man wisely considereth - This verse is understood as implying the pious concern of a righteous man, for a wicked family, whom he endeavors by his instructions to bring into the way of knowledge and peace. |
24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
13 And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.