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Selected Verse: Proverbs 24:29 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Pr 24:29 |
Strong Concordance |
Say [0559] not, I will do [06213] so to him as he hath done [06213] to me: I will render [07725] to the man [0376] according to his work [06467]. |
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King James |
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work. |
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] |
Especially avoid retaliation (Mat 5:43-45; Rom 12:17). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
A protest against vindictiveness in every form. Compare marginal reference. |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The following proverb is connected as to its subject with the foregoing: one ought not to do evil to his neighbour without necessity; even evil which has been done to one must not be requited with evil:
Say not, "As he hath done to me, so I do to him:
I requite the man according to his conduct."
On the ground of public justice, the talio is certainly the nearest form of punishment, Lev 24:19.; but even here the Sinaitic law does not remain in the retortion of the injury according to its external form (it is in a certain manner practicable only with regard to injury done to the person and to property), but places in its stead an atonement measured and limited after a higher point of view. On pure moral grounds, the jus talionis ("as thou to me, so I to thee") has certainly no validity. Here he to whom injustice is done ought to commit his case to God, Pro 20:22, and to oppose to evil, not evil but good; he ought not to set himself up as a judge, nor to act as one standing on a war-footing with his neighbour (Jdg 15:11); but to take God as his example, who treats the sinner, if only he seeks it, not in the way of justice, but of grace (Exo 34:6.). The expression 29b reminds of Pro 24:12. Instead of לאדם, there is used here, where the speaker points to a definite person, the phrase לאישׁ. Jerome, the Venet., and Luther translate: to each one, as if the word were vocalized thus, לאישׁ (Ps. 62:13). |
17 Recompense [591] to no man [3367] evil [2556] for [473] evil [2556]. Provide [4306] things honest [2570] in the sight [1799] of all [3956] men [444].
43 Ye have heard [191] that [3754] it hath been said [4483], Thou shalt love [25] thy [4675] neighbour [4139], and [2532] hate [3404] thine [4675] enemy [2190].
44 But [1161] I [1473] say [3004] unto you [5213], Love [25] your [5216] enemies [2190], bless [2127] them that curse [2672] you [5209], do [4160] good [2573] to them that hate [3404] you [5209], and [2532] pray [4336] for [5228] them which [3588] despitefully use [1908] you [5209], and [2532] persecute [1377] you [5209];
45 That [3704] ye may be [1096] the children [5207] of your [5216] Father [3962] which [3588] is in [1722] heaven [3772]: for [3754] he maketh [393] his [846] sun [2246] to rise [393] on [1909] the evil [4190] and [2532] on the good [18], and [2532] sendeth rain [1026] on [1909] the just [1342] and [2532] on the unjust [94].
12 If thou sayest [0559], Behold, we knew [03045] it not; doth not he that pondereth [08505] the heart [03826] consider [0995] it? and he that keepeth [05341] thy soul [05315], doth not he know[03045] it? and shall not he render [07725] to every man [0120] according to his works [06467]?
6 And the LORD [03068] passed by [05674] before him [06440], and proclaimed [07121], The LORD [03068], The LORD [03068] God [0410], merciful [07349] and gracious [02587], longsuffering [0750] [0639], and abundant [07227] in goodness [02617] and truth [0571],
11 Then three [07969] thousand [0505] men [0376] of Judah [03063] went [03381] to the top [05585] of the rock [05553] Etam [05862], and said [0559] to Samson [08123], Knowest [03045] thou not that the Philistines [06430] are rulers [04910] over us? what is this that thou hast done [06213] unto us? And he said [0559] unto them, As they did [06213] unto me, so have I done [06213] unto them.
22 Say [0559] not thou, I will recompense [07999] evil [07451]; but wait on [06960] the LORD [03068], and he shall save [03467] thee.
19 And if a man [0376] cause [05414] a blemish [03971] in his neighbour [05997]; as he hath done [06213], so shall it be done [06213] to him;