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Selected Verse: Proverbs 21:28 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 21:28 |
Strong Concordance |
A false [03577] witness [05707] shall perish [06]: but the man [0376] that heareth [08085] speaketh [01696] constantly [05331]. |
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King James |
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. |
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 19:5).
that heareth--or heeds instruction, and so grows wise.
speaketh constantly--or sincerely (compare Hab 1:5), and hence is believed (Pro 12:19; Jam 1:19). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Speaketh constantly - His testimony abides evermore who repeats simply what he has heard, whether from the lips of men or from the voice within, in contrast with "the false witness." |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
28 A false witness shall perish;
But he who heareth shall always speak truth.
The lxx translate 28b by ἀνὴρ δὲ φυλασσόμενος λαλήσει. Cappellus supposes that they read לנצר for לנצה, which, however, cannot mean "taking care." Hitzig further imagines שׂמח for שׁמע, and brings out the meaning: "the man that rejoiceth to deliver shall speak." But where in all the world does נצר mean "to deliver"? It means, "to guard, preserve;" and to reach the meaning of "to deliver," a clause must be added with מן, as מרע. When one who speaks lies (עד כּזבים), and a man who hears (אישׁ שּׁומע, plene, and with the orthophonic Dagesh), are contrasted, the former is one who fancifully or malevolently falsifies the fact, and the latter is one who before he speaks hears in order that he may say nothing that he has not surely heard. As לב שׁמע, Kg1 3:9, means an obedient heart, so here אישׁ שּׁומע means a man who attentively hears, carefully proves. Such an one will speak לנצח, i.e., not: according to the truth, and not: for victory (Aquila, Symmachus, Theodotion, εἰς νῖκος), i.e., so that accomplishes it (Oetinger); for the Heb. נצח has neither that Arab. nor this Aram. signification; but, with the transference of the root meaning of radiating or streaming over, to time, continuous existence (vid., Orelli, Synonyma der Zeit und Ewigkeit, pp. 96-97), thus: he will speak for continuance, i.e., either: without ever requiring to be silent, or, which we prefer: so that what he says stands; on the contrary, he who testifies mere fictions, i.e., avers that they are truth, is destroyed (28a = Pro 19:9, cf. 5): he himself comes to nothing, since his testimonies are referred to their groundlessness and falsity; for שׁקר אין לו רגלים, the lie has no feet on which it can stand, it comes to nothing sooner or later. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Heareth - He witnesses nothing but what he has heard or seen. Constantly - Always affirms the same thing. |
19 Wherefore [5620], my [3450] beloved [27] brethren [80], let [2077] every [3956] man [444] be [2077] swift [5036] to [1519] hear [191], slow [1021] to [1519] speak [2980], slow [1021] to [1519] wrath [3709]:
19 The lip [08193] of truth [0571] shall be established [03559] for ever [05703]: but a lying [08267] tongue [03956] is but for a moment [07280].
5 Behold [07200] ye among the heathen [01471], and regard [05027], and wonder [08539] marvellously [08539]: for I will work [06466] a work [06467] in your days [03117], which ye will not believe [0539], though it be told [05608] you.
5 A false [08267] witness [05707] shall not be unpunished [05352], and he that speaketh [06315] lies [03577] shall not escape [04422].
9 A false [08267] witness [05707] shall not be unpunished [05352], and he that speaketh [06315] lies [03577] shall perish [06].
9 Give [05414] therefore thy servant [05650] an understanding [08085] heart [03820] to judge [08199] thy people [05971], that I may discern [0995] between good [02896] and bad [07451]: for who is able [03201] to judge [08199] this thy so great [03515] a people [05971]?