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Selected Verse: Proverbs 14:33 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Pr 14:33 |
Strong Concordance |
Wisdom [02451] resteth [05117] in the heart [03820] of him that hath understanding [0995]: but that which is in the midst [07130] of fools [03684] is made known [03045]. |
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King James |
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known. |
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] |
resteth--preserved in quietness for use, while fools blazon their folly (Pro 12:23; Pro 13:16). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Omit "that which is." "Wisdom" is the subject of both clauses. She is "made nown," i. e., by the very force of contrast, in the midst of fools; or she is reserved and reticent in the one, noisy and boastful in the other. The Septuagint and some other versions get over the difficulty, by reading "Wisdom is not made known." |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
33 Wisdom rests in the heart of the man of understanding;
But the heart of fools it maketh itself known.
Most interpreters know not what to make of the second line here. The lxx (and after it the Syr.), and as it appears, also Aquila and Theodotion, insert οὐ; the Targ. improves the Peshito, for it inserts אוּלת (so that Pro 12:23; Pro 13:16, and Pro 15:2 are related). And Abulwald explains: in the heart of fools it is lost; Euchel: it reels about; but these are imaginary interpretations resting on a misunderstanding of the passages, in which ידע means to come to feel, and הודיע to give to feel (to punish, correct). Kimchi rightly adheres to the one ascertained meaning of the words, according to which the Venet. μέσον δὲ ἀφρόνων γνωσθήσεται. So also the translation of Jerome: et indoctos quosque (quoque) erudiet, is formed, for he understands the "and is manifest among fools" (Luther) not merely, as C. B. Michaelis, after the saying: opposita juxta se posita magis elucescunt, but of a becoming manifest, which is salutary to these. Certainly בּקרב can mean among = in the circle, of Pro 15:31; but if, as here and e.g., Jer 31:31, בקרב is interchanged with בלב, and if חכמה בקרב is the subject spoken of, as Kg1 3:28, then בקרב does not mean among (in the midst of), but in the heart of the fool. According to this, the Talmud rightly, by comparison with the current proverb (Meza 85b): אסתירא בלגינא קישׁ קישׁ קריא, a stater in a flaggon cries Kish, Kish, i.e., makes much clatter. In the heart of the understanding wisdom rests, i.e., remains silent and still, for the understanding feels himself personally happy in its possession, endeavours always the more to deepen it, and lets it operate within; on the contrary, wisdom in the heart of fools makes itself manifest: they are not able to keep to themselves the wisdom which they imagine they possess, or the portion of wisdom which is in reality theirs; but they think, as it is said in Persius: Scire tuum nihil est nisi scire hoc te sciat alter. They discredit and waste their little portion of wisdom (instead of thinking on its increase) by obtrusive ostentatious babbling. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Resteth - Is laid up and hid there. In the midst - In the heart. Made known - They will publish in all times and companies. |
16 Every prudent [06175] man dealeth [06213] with knowledge [01847]: but a fool [03684] layeth open [06566] his folly [0200].
23 A prudent [06175] man [0120] concealeth [03680] knowledge [01847]: but the heart [03820] of fools [03684] proclaimeth [07121] foolishness [0200].
28 And all Israel [03478] heard [08085] of the judgment [04941] which the king [04428] had judged [08199]; and they feared [03372] the king [06440]: for they saw [07200] that the wisdom [02451] of God [0430] was in him [07130], to do [06213] judgment [04941].
31 Behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that I will make [03772] a new [02319] covenant [01285] with the house [01004] of Israel [03478], and with the house [01004] of Judah [03063]:
31 The ear [0241] that heareth [08085] the reproof [08433] of life [02416] abideth [03885] among [07130] the wise [02450].
2 The tongue [03956] of the wise [02450] useth knowledge [01847] aright [03190]: but the mouth [06310] of fools [03684] poureth out [05042] foolishness [0200].
16 Every prudent [06175] man dealeth [06213] with knowledge [01847]: but a fool [03684] layeth open [06566] his folly [0200].
23 A prudent [06175] man [0120] concealeth [03680] knowledge [01847]: but the heart [03820] of fools [03684] proclaimeth [07121] foolishness [0200].