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Selected Verse: Proverbs 28:28 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 28:28 |
Strong Concordance |
When the wicked [07563] rise [06965], men [0120] hide [05641] themselves: but when they perish [06], the righteous [06662] increase [07235]. |
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King James |
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase. |
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 elevation of the wicked to power drives men to seek refuge from tyranny (compare Pro 28:12; Pro 11:10; Psa 12:8). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The following proverb resembles the beginnings Pro 28:2, Pro 28:12. The proverbs Pro 28:28; Pro 29:1-3, form a beautiful square grasp, in which the first and third, and the second and fourth, correspond to one another.
28 When the godless rise up, men hide themselves;
And when they perish, the righteous increase.
Line first is a variation of 12b. Since they who hide themselves are merely called men, people, the meaning of ירבּוּ is probably not this, that the righteous then from all sides come out into the foreground (Hitzig), but that they prosper, multiply, and increase as do plants, when the worms, caterpillars, and the like are destroyed (Fleischer); Lwenstein glosses ירבּוּ by יגדלו, they become great = powerful, but that would be Elihu's style, Job 33:12, which is not in common use; the names of masters and of those in authority, רב, רבּי, רבּן, רבּנוּת, are all derived from רבב, not from רבה. The increase is to be understood of the prosperous growth (to become great = to increase, as perhaps also Gen 21:10) of the congregation of the righteous, which gains in the overthrow of the godless an accession to its numbers; cf. Pro 29:2, and especially Pro 29:16. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Men - Righteous men are afraid to appear publickly. |
8 The wicked [07563] walk [01980] on every side [05439], when the vilest [02149] men [01121] [0120] are exalted [07311].
10 When it goeth well [02898] with the righteous [06662], the city [07151] rejoiceth [05970]: and when the wicked [07563] perish [06], there is shouting [07440].
12 When righteous [06662] men do rejoice [05970], there is great [07227] glory [08597]: but when the wicked [07563] rise [06965], a man [0120] is hidden [02664].
16 When the wicked [07563] are multiplied [07235], transgression [06588] increaseth [07235]: but the righteous [06662] shall see [07200] their fall [04658].
2 When the righteous [06662] are in authority [07235], the people [05971] rejoice [08055]: but when the wicked [07563] beareth rule [04910], the people [05971] mourn [0584].
10 Wherefore she said [0559] unto Abraham [085], Cast out [01644] this bondwoman [0519] and her son [01121]: for the son [01121] of this bondwoman [0519] shall not be heir [03423] with my son [01121], even with Isaac [03327].
12 Behold, in this thou art not just [06663]: I will answer [06030] thee, that God [0433] is greater [07235] than man [0582].
1 He [0376], that being often reproved [08433] hardeneth [07185] his neck [06203], shall suddenly [06621] be destroyed [07665], and that without remedy [04832].
2 When the righteous [06662] are in authority [07235], the people [05971] rejoice [08055]: but when the wicked [07563] beareth rule [04910], the people [05971] mourn [0584].
3 Whoso [0376] loveth [0157] wisdom [02451] rejoiceth [08055] his father [01]: but he that keepeth company [07462] with harlots [02181] spendeth [06] his substance [01952].
28 When the wicked [07563] rise [06965], men [0120] hide [05641] themselves: but when they perish [06], the righteous [06662] increase [07235].
12 When righteous [06662] men do rejoice [05970], there is great [07227] glory [08597]: but when the wicked [07563] rise [06965], a man [0120] is hidden [02664].
2 For the transgression [06588] of a land [0776] many [07227] are the princes [08269] thereof: but by a man [0120] of understanding [0995] and knowledge [03045] the state [03651] thereof shall be prolonged [0748](8686).