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Selected Verse: Proverbs 13:21 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Pr 13:21 |
Strong Concordance |
Evil [07451] pursueth [07291] sinners [02400]: but to the righteous [06662] good [02896] shall be repayed [07999]. |
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King James |
Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed. |
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] |
(Compare Pro 11:31).
good . . . repaid--or, "He (God) will repay good." |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
21 Evil pursueth sinners,
And the righteous is repaid with good.
To תּרדּף of the punishment which follows after sinners at their heels, cf. Nah 1:8. Greek art gives wings to Nemesis in this sense. To translate 21b, with Lwenstein, "The pious, the good rewards them," is untenable, for טוב, the good (e.g., Pro 11:27), never appears personified, only טוב, goodness, Psa 23:6, according to which the lxx τοὺς δὲ δικαίους καταλήψεται (ישׂיג) ἀγαθά. Still less is טוב meant personally, as the Venet. τὰ δὲ δίκαια ἀποδώσει χρηστός, which probably means: righteous conduct will a good one, viz., God, reward. טוב .dr is an attribute of God, but never the name of God. So the verb שׁלּם, after the manner of verbs of educating and leading (גמל, עשׂה, עבד), is connected with a double accusative. The Syr., Targum, and Jerome translate passively, and so also do we; for while we must think of God in the retribuet, yet the proverb does not name Him any more than at Pro 12:14, cf. Pro 10:24; it is designedly constructed, placing Him in the background, with vague generality: the righteous will one, will they, reward with good - this expression, with the most general personal subject, almost coincides with one altogether passive. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Evil - Punishment proportionable to their sin. |
31 Behold, the righteous [06662] shall be recompensed [07999] in the earth [0776]: much more the wicked [07563] and the sinner [02398].
24 The fear [04034] of the wicked [07563], it shall come [0935] upon him: but the desire [08378] of the righteous [06662] shall be granted [05414].
14 A man [0376] shall be satisfied [07646] with good [02896] by the fruit [06529] of his mouth [06310]: and the recompence [01576] of a man's [0120] hands [03027] shall be rendered [07725] [07725] untohim.
6 Surely goodness [02896] and mercy [02617] shall follow [07291] me all the days [03117] of my life [02416]: and I will dwell [03427] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] for ever [0753] [03117].
27 He that diligently seeketh [07836] good [02896] procureth [01245] favour [07522]: but he that seeketh [01875] mischief [07451], it shall come [0935] unto him.
8 But with an overrunning [05674] flood [07858] he will make [06213] an utter end [03617] of the place [04725] thereof, and darkness [02822] shall pursue [07291] his enemies [0341].