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Selected Verse: Proverbs 20:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 20:3 |
Strong Concordance |
It is an honour [03519] for a man [0376] to cease [07674] from strife [07379]: but every fool [0191] will be meddling [01566]. |
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King James |
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. |
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] |
to cease from strife--or, better, "to dwell from or without strife," denoting the habit of life.
fool . . . meddling-- (Pro 17:14). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Meddling - See Pro 17:14 note. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
3 It is an honour to a man to remain far from strife;
But every fool showeth his teeth.
Or better: whoever is a fool quisquis amens, for the emphasis does not lie on this, that every fool, i.e., every single one of this sort, contends to the uttermost; but that whoever is only always a fool finds pleasure in such strife. Regarding התגּלּע, vid., Pro 17:14; Pro 18:1. On the contrary, it is an honour to a man to be peaceable, or, as it is here expressed, to remain far from strife. The phrase may be translated: to desist from strife; but in this case the word would be pointed שׁבת, which Hitzig prefers; for שׁבת from שׁבת means, Sa2 23:7, annihilation (the termination of existence); also Exo 21:19, שׁבתּו does not mean to be keeping holy day; but to be sitting, viz., at home, in a state of incapability for work. Rightly Fleischer: "ישׁב מן, like Arab. ḳ'ad ṣan, to remain sitting quiet, and thus to hold oneself removed from any kind of activity." He who is prudent, and cares for his honour, not only breaks off strife when it threatens to become passionate, but does not at all enter into it, keeps himself far removed from it. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Meddling - Is always ready to begin strife, and obstinate in the continuance of it. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| It is an honoer for a man - The same sentiment as Pro 19:11. |
14 The beginning [07225] of strife [04066] is as when one letteth out [06362] water [04325]: therefore leave off [05203] contention [07379], before [06440] it be meddled [01566] with.
14 The beginning [07225] of strife [04066] is as when one letteth out [06362] water [04325]: therefore leave off [05203] contention [07379], before [06440] it be meddled [01566] with.
19 If he rise again [06965], and walk [01980] abroad [02351] upon his staff [04938], then shall he that smote [05221] him be quit [05352]: only he shall pay [05414] for the loss of his time [07674], and shall cause him to be thoroughly [07495] healed [07495].
7 But the man [0376] that shall touch [05060] them must be fenced [04390] with iron [01270] and the staff [06086] of a spear [02595]; and they shall be utterly [08313] burned [08313] with fire [0784] in the same place [07675].
1 Through desire [08378] a man, having separated [06504] himself, seeketh [01245] and intermeddleth [01566] with all wisdom [08454].
14 The beginning [07225] of strife [04066] is as when one letteth out [06362] water [04325]: therefore leave off [05203] contention [07379], before [06440] it be meddled [01566] with.
11 The discretion [07922] of a man [0120] deferreth [0748] his anger [0639]; and it is his glory [08597] to pass over [05674] a transgression [06588].