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Selected Verse: Proverbs 27:11 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Pr 27:11	King James	My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

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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]
The wisdom of children both reflects credit on parents and contributes to their aid in difficulties.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

The wisdom of children both reflects credit on parents and contributes to their aid in difficulties.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The voice of the teacher to his true disciple. He pleads with him that the uprightness of the scholar will be the truest answer to all attacks on the character or teaching of the master.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

The voice of the teacher to his true disciple. He pleads with him that the uprightness of the scholar will be the truest answer to all attacks on the character or teaching of the master.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
This proverb has, in common with the preceding tristich, the form of an address: Become wise, my son, and make my heart rejoice, That I may give an answer to my accusers. Better than "be wise" (Luther), we translate "become wise" (lxx σοφὸς γίνου); for he who is addressed might indeed be wise, though not at present so, so that his father is made to listen to such deeply wounding words as these, "Cursed be he who begat, and who educated this man" (Malbim). The cohortative clause 11b (cf. Psa 119:42) has the force of a clause with a purpose (Gesen. 128:1): ut habeam quod iis qui me convicientur regerere possim; it does not occur anywhere in the Hezekiah collection except here.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

This proverb has, in common with the preceding tristich, the form of an address:

Become wise, my son, and make my heart rejoice,

That I may give an answer to my accusers.

Better than "be wise" (Luther), we translate "become wise" (lxx σοφὸς γίνου); for he who is addressed might indeed be wise, though not at present so, so that his father is made to listen to such deeply wounding words as these, "Cursed be he who begat, and who educated this man" (Malbim). The cohortative clause 11b (cf. Psa 119:42) has the force of a clause with a purpose (Gesen. 128:1): ut habeam quod iis qui me convicientur regerere possim; it does not occur anywhere in the Hezekiah collection except here.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Reproacheth - For being the father of a wicked son.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Reproacheth - For being the father of a wicked son.

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