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Selected Verse: Proverbs 21:16 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 21:16 |
King James |
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead. |
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] |
the way of understanding--(Compare Pro 12:26; Pro 14:22).
remain--that is, rest as at a journey's end; death will be his unchanging home. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
congregation of the dead - The Rephaim (compare the Pro 2:18 note).
Remain - i. e., "He shall find a resting place, but it shall be in Hades." |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
16 A man who wanders from the way of understanding,
Shall dwell in the assembly of the dead.
Regarding השׂכּל, vid., Pro 1:3; and regarding רפאים, Pro 2:18. The verb נוּח means to repose, to take rest, Job 3:13, and to dwell anywhere, Pro 14:33; but originally like (Arab.) nâkh and hadd, to lay oneself down anywhere, and there to come to rest; and that is the idea which is here connected with ינוּח, for the figurative description of יאבד or ימוּת is formed after the designation of the subject, 16a: he who, forsaking the way of understanding, walks in the way of error, at length comes to the assembly of the dead; for every motion has an end, and every journey a goal, whether it be one that is self-appointed or which is appointed for him. Here also it is intimated that the way of the soul which loves wisdom and follows her goes in another direction than earthwards down into hades; hades and death, its background appear here as punishments, and it is true that as such one may escape them. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Shall remain - Shall, without repentance, be condemned to eternal death. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The man once enlightened, that wandereth out of the way of understanding, in which he had walked, shall remain - have a permanent residence - in the congregation of the dead; רפאים rephaim, the lost; either separate spirits in general, or rather the assembly of separate spirits, which had fallen from primitive rectitude; and shall not be restored to the Divine favor; particularly those sinners who were destroyed by the deluge. This passage intimates that those called rephaim are in a state of conscious existence. It is difficult to assign the true meaning of the word in several places where it occurs: but it seems to mean the state of separate spirits, i.e., of those separated from their bodies, and awaiting the judgment of the great day: but the congregation may also include the fallen angels. My old MS. Bible translates, The man that errith fro the wei of doctrine, in the felowschip of geantis schal wonnen. |
22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;