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Selected Verse: Proverbs 18:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 18:16 |
Strong Concordance |
A man's [0120] gift [04976] maketh room [07337] for him, and bringeth [05148] him before [06440] great men [01419]. |
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King James |
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. |
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 17:8, Pro 17:23). Disapproval of the fact stated is implied. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The "gift" (or, bribe), by a bold personification, appears as the powerful "friend at court," who introduces another, and makes him welcome in high places. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
A man's gift maketh room for him - It is, and ever has been, a base and degrading practice in Asiatic countries, to bring a gift or present to the great man into whose presence you come. Without this there is no audience, no favor, no justice. This arose from the circumstance that men must not approach the altar of God without an offering.
Potentates, wishing to be considered as petty gods, demanded a similar homage: -
Munera, crede mihi, capiunt hominesquedeosque;
Placatur donis Jupiter ipse suis.
Ovid
"Believe me, gifts prevail much with both gods and men: even Jupiter himself is pleased with his own offerings." |
23 A wicked [07563] man taketh [03947] a gift [07810] out of the bosom [02436] to pervert [05186] the ways [0734] of judgment [04941].
8 A gift [07810] is as a precious [02580] stone [068] in the eyes [05869] of him that hath [01167] it: whithersoever it turneth [06437], it prospereth [07919].