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Selected Verse: Proverbs 17:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 17:2 |
Strong Concordance |
A wise [07919] servant [05650] shall have rule [04910] over a son [01121] that causeth shame [0954], and shall have part [02505] of the inheritance [05159] among [08432] the brethren [0251]. |
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King James |
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. |
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 14:35).
causeth shame-- (Pro 10:5).
shall . . . inheritance--that is, share a brother's part (compare Num 27:4, Num 27:7). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The "servant," it must be remembered, was a slave, but (as in such cases as Gen 15:2; Sa2 16:4) might succeed to the inheritance. |
7 The daughters [01323] of Zelophehad [06765] speak [01696] right [03651]: thou shalt surely [05414] give [05414] them a possession [0272] of an inheritance [05159] among [08432] their father's [01] brethren [0251]; and thou shalt cause the inheritance [05159] of their father [01] to pass [05674] unto them.
4 Why should the name [08034] of our father [01] be done away [01639] from among [08432] his family [04940], because he hath no son [01121]? Give [05414] unto us therefore a possession [0272] among [08432] the brethren [0251] of our father [01].
5 He that gathereth [0103] in summer [07019] is a wise [07919] son [01121]: but he that sleepeth [07290] in harvest [07105] is a son [01121] that causeth shame [0954].
35 The king's [04428] favour [07522] is toward a wise [07919] servant [05650]: but his wrath [05678] is against him that causeth shame [0954].
4 Then said [0559] the king [04428] to Ziba [06717], Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth [04648]. And Ziba [06717] said [0559], I humbly [07812] beseech thee that I may find [04672] grace [02580] in thy sight [05869], my lord [0113], O king [04428].
2 And Abram [087] said [0559], Lord [0136] GOD [03069], what wilt thou give [05414] me, seeing I go [01980] childless [06185], and the steward [01121] [04943] of my house [01004] is this [01931] Eliezer [0461] of Damascus [01834]?