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Selected Verse: Proverbs 21:6 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Pr 21:6 |
Strong Concordance |
The getting [06467] of treasures [0214] by a lying [08267] tongue [03956] is a vanity [01892] tossed to and fro of [05086] them that seek [01245] death [04194]. |
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King James |
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. |
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] |
The getting--or, "what is obtained" (compare Job 7:2; Jer 22:13, Hebrew).
vanity . . . to and fro--as fleeting as chaff or stubble in the wind (compare Pro 20:17-21; Psa 62:10). Such gettings are unsatisfactory.
them . . . death--act as if they did (Pro 8:36; Pro 17:19). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Vanity - Or, "a breath driven to and fro of those that are seeking death." Another reading of the last words is: "of the snares of death" (compare Ti1 6:9). Some commentators have suggested that the "vapor" or "mist" is the mirage of the desert, misleading those who follow it, and becoming a "net of death." |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
6 The gaining of treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting breath of such as seek death.
One may, at any rate, after the free manner of gnomic resemblances and comparisons, regard "fleeting breath" and "such as seek death" as two separated predicates: such gain is fleeting breath, so those who gain are seeking death (Caspari's Beitrge zu Jes. p. 53). But it is also syntactically admissible to interpret the words rendered "seekers of death" as gen.; for such interruptions of the st. constr., as here by נדּף [fleeting], frequently occur, e.g., Isa 28:1; Isa 32:13; Ch1 9:13; and that an idea, in spite of such interruption, may be thought of as gen., is seen from the Arab.
(Note: Vid., Friedr. Philippi's Status constructus, p. 17, Anm. 3; and cf. therewith such constructions as (Arab.) mân'u faḍlah âlmanhtâji, i.e., a refuser of the needy, his beneficence = one who denies to the needy his beneficence.)
But the text is unsettled. Symmachus, Syr., Targ., the Venet., and Luther render the phrase מבקשׁי [seekers]; but the lxx and Jerome read מוקשׁי [snares] (cf. Ti1 6:9); this word Rashi also had before him (vid., Norzi), and Kennicott found it in several Codd. Bertheau prefers it, for he translates: ...is fleeting breath, snares of death; Ewald and Hitzig go further, for, after the lxx, they change the whole proverb into: מות (בּמוקשׁי) הבל רדף אל־מוקשׁי, with פּעל in the first line. But διώκει of the lxx is an incorrect rendering of נדף, which the smuggling in of the ἐπὶ (παγίδας θανάτου) drew after it, without our concluding therefrom that אל־מוקשׁי, or למוקשׁי (Lagarde), lay before the translators; on the contrary, the word which (Cappellus) lay before them, מוקשׁי, certainly deserves to be preferred to מבקשׁי: the possession is first, in view of him who has gotten it, compared to a fleeting (נדּף, as Isa 42:2) breath (cf. e.g., smoke, Psa 68:3), and then, in view of the inheritance itself and its consequences, is compared to the snares of death (Pro 13:14; Pro 14:27); for in פּעל (here equivalent to עשׂות, acquisitio, Gen 31:1; Deu 8:17) lie together the ideas of him who procures and of the thing that is procured or effected (vid., at Pro 20:11). |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Lying tongue - By any false or deceitful words or actions. Is tossed - Is like the chaff or smoak driven away by the wind. Of them - That take those courses which will bring destruction upon them. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Of them that seek death - Instead of מבקשי mebakshey, "them that seek," several MSS., some ancient editions, with Symmachus, the Septuagint, Vulgate, and Arabic, have מקשי mokeshey, the snares. He who gets treasures by a lying tongue, pursues vanity into the snares of death. Our common translation may be as good. But he who, by the snares of his tongue, endeavors to buy and sell to the best advantage, is pursuing what is empty in itself; and he is ensnared by death, while he is attempting to ensnare others. |
19 He loveth [0157] transgression [06588] that loveth [0157] strife [04683]: and he that exalteth [01361] his gate [06607] seeketh [01245] destruction [07667].
36 But he that sinneth [02398] against me wrongeth [02554] his own soul [05315]: all they that hate [08130] me love [0157] death [04194].
10 Trust [0982] not in oppression [06233], and become not vain [01891] in robbery [01498]: if riches [02428] increase [05107], set [07896] not your heart [03820] upon them.
17 Bread [03899] of deceit [08267] is sweet [06156] to a man [0376]; but afterwards [0310] his mouth [06310] shall be filled [04390] with gravel [02687].
18 Every purpose [04284] is established [03559] by counsel [06098]: and with good advice [08458] make [06213] war [04421].
19 He that goeth about [01980] as a talebearer [07400] revealeth [01540] secrets [05475]: therefore meddle [06148] not with him that flattereth [06601] with his lips [08193].
20 Whoso curseth [07043] his father [01] or his mother [0517], his lamp [05216] shall be put out [01846] in obscure [0380] [0380] darkness [02822].
21 An inheritance [05159] may be gotten hastily [0926] [0973] at the beginning [07223]; but the end [0319] thereof shall not be blessed [01288].
13 Woe [01945] unto him that buildeth [01129] his house [01004] by [03808] unrighteousness [06664], and his chambers [05944] by wrong [04941]; that useth his neighbour's [07453] service [05647] without wages [02600], and giveth [05414] him not for his work [06467];
2 As a servant [05650] earnestly desireth [07602] the shadow [06738], and as an hireling [07916] looketh [06960] for the reward of his work [06467]:
9 But [1161] they that will [1014] be rich [4147] fall [1706] into [1519] temptation [3986] and [2532] a snare [3803], and [2532] into many [4183] foolish [453] and [2532] hurtful [983] lusts [1939], which [3748] drown [1036] men [444] in [1519] destruction [3639] and [2532] perdition [684].
11 Even a child [05288] is known [05234] by his doings [04611], whether his work [06467] be pure [02134], and whether it be right [03477].
17 And thou say [0559] in thine heart [03824], My power [03581] and the might [06108] of mine hand [03027] hath gotten [06213] me this wealth [02428].
1 And he heard [08085] the words [01697] of Laban's [03837] sons [01121], saying [0559], Jacob [03290] hath taken away [03947] all that was our father's [01]; and of that which was our father's [01] hath he gotten [06213] all this glory [03519].
27 The fear [03374] of the LORD [03068] is a fountain [04726] of life [02416], to depart [05493] from the snares [04170] of death [04194].
14 The law [08451] of the wise [02450] is a fountain [04726] of life [02416], to depart [05493] from the snares [04170] of death [04194].
3 But let the righteous [06662] be glad [08055]; let them rejoice [05970] before [06440] God [0430]: yea, let them exceedingly [08057] rejoice [07797].
2 He shall not cry [06817], nor lift up [05375], nor cause his voice [06963] to be heard [08085] in the street [02351].
9 But [1161] they that will [1014] be rich [4147] fall [1706] into [1519] temptation [3986] and [2532] a snare [3803], and [2532] into many [4183] foolish [453] and [2532] hurtful [983] lusts [1939], which [3748] drown [1036] men [444] in [1519] destruction [3639] and [2532] perdition [684].
13 And their brethren [0251], heads [07218] of the house [01004] of their fathers [01], a thousand [0505] and seven [07651] hundred [03967] and threescore [08346]; very able [02428] men [01368] for the work [04399] of the service [05656] of the house [01004] of God [0430].
13 Upon the land [0127] of my people [05971] shall come up [05927] thorns [06975] and briers [08068]; yea, upon all the houses [01004] of joy [04885] in the joyous [05947] city [07151]:
1 Woe [01945] to the crown [05850] of pride [01348], to the drunkards [07910] of Ephraim [0669], whose glorious [06643] beauty [08597] is a fading [05034] flower [06731], which are on the head [07218] of the fat [08081] valleys [01516] of them that are overcome [01986] with wine [03196]!