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Selected Verse: Proverbs 6:13 - King James

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Pr 6:13	King James	He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

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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]
If, for fear of detection, he does not speak, he uses signs to carry on his intrigues. These signs are still so used in the East.

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

If, for fear of detection, he does not speak, he uses signs to carry on his intrigues. These signs are still so used in the East.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers - These things seem to be spoken of debauchees, and the following quotation from Ovid, Amor. Iib. i., El. iv., ver. 15, shoots the whole process of the villany spoken of by Solomon: Cum premit ille torum, vultu comes ipsa modestoIbis, ut accumbas: clam mihi tange pedem. Me specta, nutusque meos, vultum que loquacemExcipe furtivas, et refer ipsa, notas. Verba superciliis sine voce loquentia dicamVerba leges digitis, verba notata mero. Cum tibi succurrit Veneris lascivia nostrae,Purpureas tenero pollice tange genas, etc., etc. The whole elegy is in the same strain: it is translated in Garth's Ovid, but cannot be introduced here.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers - These things seem to be spoken of debauchees, and the following quotation from Ovid, Amor. Iib. i., El. iv., ver. 15, shoots the whole process of the villany spoken of by Solomon:

Cum premit ille torum, vultu comes ipsa modestoIbis, ut accumbas: clam mihi tange pedem.

Me specta, nutusque meos, vultum que loquacemExcipe furtivas, et refer ipsa, notas.

Verba superciliis sine voce loquentia dicamVerba leges digitis, verba notata mero.

Cum tibi succurrit Veneris lascivia nostrae,Purpureas tenero pollice tange genas, etc., etc.

The whole elegy is in the same strain: it is translated in Garth's Ovid, but cannot be introduced here.

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