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Selected Verse: Proverbs 18:11 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Pr 18:11	Strong Concordance	The rich man's [06223] wealth [01952] is his strong [05797] city [07151], and as an high [07682] wall [02346] in his own conceit [04906].
	King James	The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

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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]
contrasts with Pro 18:10 (compare Pro 10:15). Such is a vain trust (compare Psa 73:6).

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

contrasts with Pro 18:10 (compare Pro 10:15). Such is a vain trust (compare Psa 73:6).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
What the name of the Lord is to the righteous Pro 18:10, that wealth is to the rich. He flees to it for refuge as to a strong city; but it is so only "in his own conceit" or imagination. High - In the Hebrew the same word as "safe" Pro 18:10, and manifestly used in reference to it.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

What the name of the Lord is to the righteous Pro 18:10, that wealth is to the rich. He flees to it for refuge as to a strong city; but it is so only "in his own conceit" or imagination.

High - In the Hebrew the same word as "safe" Pro 18:10, and manifestly used in reference to it.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
11 The possession of the righteous is his strong fort, And is like a high wall in his imagination. Line first = Pro 10:15. משׂכּית from שׂכה, Chald. סכה(whence after Megilla 14a, יסכּה, she who looks), R. שׂך, cogn. זך, to pierce, to fix, means the image as a medal, and thus also intellectually: image (conception, and particularly the imagination) of the heart (Psa 73:7), here the fancy, conceit; Fleischer compares (Arab.) tṣwwr, to imagine something to oneself, French se figurer. Translators from the lxx to Luther incorrectly think on שׂכך (סכך), to entertain; only the Venet. is correct in the rendering: ἐν φαντασίᾳ αὐτοῦ; better than Kimchi, who, after Ezr 8:12, thinks on the chamber where the riches delighted in are treasured, and where he fancies himself in the midst of his treasures as if surrounded by an inaccessible wall.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

11 The possession of the righteous is his strong fort,

And is like a high wall in his imagination.

Line first = Pro 10:15. משׂכּית from שׂכה, Chald. סכה(whence after Megilla 14a, יסכּה, she who looks), R. שׂך, cogn. זך, to pierce, to fix, means the image as a medal, and thus also intellectually: image (conception, and particularly the imagination) of the heart (Psa 73:7), here the fancy, conceit; Fleischer compares (Arab.) tṣwwr, to imagine something to oneself, French se figurer. Translators from the lxx to Luther incorrectly think on שׂכך (סכך), to entertain; only the Venet. is correct in the rendering: ἐν φαντασίᾳ αὐτοῦ; better than Kimchi, who, after Ezr 8:12, thinks on the chamber where the riches delighted in are treasured, and where he fancies himself in the midst of his treasures as if surrounded by an inaccessible wall.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The rich man's wealth - See Pro 10:15.

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

The rich man's wealth - See Pro 10:15.

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