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Selected Verse: Proverbs 3:21 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 3:21 |
King James |
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: |
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] |
sound wisdom--(compare Pro 2:7).
let . . . eyes--that is, these words of instruction. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Let not them depart - i. e., The wisdom and discretion of the following clause. Keep thine eye on them, as one who watches over priceless treasures. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
From this eminence, in which the work of creation presents wisdom, exhortations are now deduced, since the writer always expresses himself only with an ethical intention regarding the nature of wisdom:
21 My son, may they not depart from thine eyes -
Preserve thoughtfulness and consideration,
22 And they will be life to thy soul
And grace to thy neck.
If we make the synonyms of wisdom which are in 21b the subject per prolepsin to אל־ילזוּ (Hitzig and Zckler), then Pro 3:19-20 and Pro 3:21-22 clash. The subjects are wisdom, understanding, knowledge, which belong to God, and shall from His become the possession of those who make them their aim. Regarding לוּז, obliquari, deflectere, see under Pro 2:15, cf. Pro 4:21; regarding תּשׁיּה (here defective after the Masora, as rightly in Vened. 1515, 1521, and Nissel, 1662), see at Pro 2:7; ילזוּ for תּלזנה, see at Pro 3:2. The lxx (cf. Heb 2:1) translate without distinctness of reference: υἱὲ μὴ παραῤῥυῂς (παραρυῇς), let it now flow past, i.e., let it not be unobserved, hold it always before thee; the Targ. with the Syr. render לא נזּל, ne vilescat, as if the words were אל־יזוּלוּ. In 22a the synallage generis is continued: ויהיוּ for ותהיינה. Regarding גּרגּרת, see at Pro 1:9. By wisdom the soul gains life, divinely true and blessed, and the external appearance of the man grace, which makes him pleasing and gains for him affection. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Eyes - The eyes of thy mind. Constantly and seriously meditate upon them. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Let not them depart from thine eyes - Never forget that God, who is the author of nature, directs and governs it in all things; for it is no self-determining agent.
Keep sound wisdom and discretion - תושיה ומזמה tushiyah umezimmah. We have met with both these words before. Tushiyah is the essence or substance of a thing; mezimmah is the resolution or purpose formed in reference to something good or excellent. To acknowledge God as the author of all good, is the tushiyah, the essence, of a godly man's creed; to resolve to act according to the directions of his wisdom, is the mezimmah, the religious purpose, that will bring good to ourselves and glory to God. These bring life to the soul, and are ornamental to the man who acts in this way, Pro 3:22. |
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.