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Selected Verse: Proverbs 12:11 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 12:11 |
Strong Concordance |
He that tilleth [05647] his land [0127] shall be satisfied [07646] with bread [03899]: but he that followeth [07291] vain [07386] persons is void [02638] of understanding [03820]. |
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King James |
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. |
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 idler's fate is the result of indolence and want of principle (Pro 6:32; Pro 7:7). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The contrast is carried on between the life of industry and that of the idle, "vain person" of the "baser sort" (the "Raca" of Mat 5:22). We might have expected that the second clause would have ended with such words as "shall lack bread," but the contrast goes deeper. Idleness leads to a worse evil than that of hunger. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
11 He that tilleth his own ground is satisfied with bread,
And he that followeth after vain pursuits is devoid of understanding.
Yet more complete is the antithetic parallelism in the doublette, Pro 28:19 (cf. also Sir. 20:27a). The proverb recommends the cultivation of the field as the surest means of supporting oneself honestly and abundantly, in contrast to the grasping after vain, i.e., unrighteous means of subsistence, windy speculations, and the like (Fl.). ריקים are here not persons (Bertheau), but things without solidity and value (lxx μάταια; Aquila, Theodotion, κενά), and, in conformity with the contrast, not real business. Elsewhere also the mas. plur. discharges the function of a neut. noun of multitude, vid., נגידים, principalia, Pro 8:6, and זדים, Psa 19:14 - one of the many examples of the imperfect use of the gender in Hebr.; the speaker has in ריקים, vana et inania, not אנשׁים (Jdg 9:4), but דברים (Deu 32:47) in view. The lxx erroneously at Pro 28:19, and Symmachus and Jerome at both places understand ריקים of slothfulness. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Tilleth - That employs his time in an honest calling. Vain persons - In an idle course of living. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
He that tilleth his land - God's blessing will be in the labor of the honest agriculturist.
But he that followeth vain persons - He who, while he should be cultivating his ground, preparing for a future crop, or reaping his harvest, associates with fowlers, coursers of hares, hunters of foxes, or those engaged in any champaign amusements, is void of understanding; and I have known several such come to beggary.
To this verse the Septuagint add the following clause: 'ov estin en oinwn diatribaiv, en toiv eautou ocurwmasi kataleiqei atimian. "He who is a boon companion in banquets, shall leave dishonor in his own fortresses." This has been copied by the Vulgate and the Arabic. That is The man who frequents the ale-house enriches that, while he impoverishes his own habitation. |
7 And beheld [07200] among the simple ones [06612], I discerned [0995] among the youths [01121], a young man [05288] void [02638] of understanding [03820],
32 But whoso committeth adultery [05003] with a woman [0802] lacketh [02638] understanding [03820]: he that doeth [06213] it destroyeth [07843] his own soul [05315].
22 But [1161] I [1473] say [3004] unto you [5213], That [3754] whosoever [3956] is angry [3710] with his [846] brother [80] without a cause [1500] shall be [2071] in danger [1777] of the judgment [2920]: and [1161] whosoever [3739] [302] shall say [2036] to his [846] brother [80], Raca [4469], shall be [2071] in danger [1777] of the council [4892]: but [1161] whosoever [3739] [302] shall say [2036], Thou fool [3474], shall be [2071] in danger [1777] of [1519] hell [1067] fire [4442].
19 He that tilleth [05647] his land [0127] shall have plenty [07646] of bread [03899]: but he that followeth [07291] after vain [07386] persons shall have poverty enough [07389].
47 For it is not a vain [07386] thing [01697] for you; because it is your life [02416]: and through this thing [01697] ye shall prolong [0748] your days [03117] in the land [0127], whither ye go over [05674] Jordan [03383] to possess [03423] it.
4 And they gave [05414] him threescore and ten [07657] pieces of silver [03701] out of the house [01004] of Baalberith [01170], wherewith Abimelech [040] hired [07936] vain [07386] and light [06348] persons [0582], which followed [03212] him [0310].
14 Let the words [0561] of my mouth [06310], and the meditation [01902] of my heart [03820], be acceptable [07522] in thy sight [06440], O LORD [03068], my strength [06697], and my redeemer [01350].
6 Hear [08085]; for I will speak [01696] of excellent things [05057]; and the opening [04669] of my lips [08193] shall be right things [04339].
19 He that tilleth [05647] his land [0127] shall have plenty [07646] of bread [03899]: but he that followeth [07291] after vain [07386] persons shall have poverty enough [07389].