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Selected Verse: Proverbs 29:24 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Pr 29:24	Strong Concordance	Whoso is partner [02505] with a thief [01590] hateth [08130] his own soul [05315]: he heareth [08085] cursing [0423], and bewrayeth [05046] it not.
	King James	Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
hateth . . . soul--(Compare Pro 8:36). heareth cursing-- (Lev 5:1), risks the punishment, rather than reveal truth.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

hateth . . . soul--(Compare Pro 8:36).

heareth cursing-- (Lev 5:1), risks the punishment, rather than reveal truth.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
On the first discovery of the theft, the person wronged Jdg 17:2, or the judge of the city (marginal reference), pronounced a solemn curse on the thief and on all who, knowing the offender, were unwilling to give evidence against him. The accomplice of the thief hears that curse, and yet is silent, and so falls under it, and "destroys his own soul."

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

On the first discovery of the theft, the person wronged Jdg 17:2, or the judge of the city (marginal reference), pronounced a solemn curse on the thief and on all who, knowing the offender, were unwilling to give evidence against him. The accomplice of the thief hears that curse, and yet is silent, and so falls under it, and "destroys his own soul."

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
24 He that taketh part with a thief hateth himself; He heareth the oath and confesseth not. Hitzig renders the first member as the pred. of the second: "he who does not bring to light such sins as require an atonement (Lev 5:1.), but shares the secret of them with the sinner, is not better than one who is a partner with a thief, who hateth himself." The construction of the verse, he remarks, is not understood by any interpreter. It is not, however, so cross, - for, understood as Hitzig thinks it ought to be, the author should have expressed the subject by שׁמע אלה ולא יגיד, - but is simple as the order of the words and the verbal form require it. The oath is, after Lev 5:1, that of the judge who adjures the partner of the thief by God to tell the truth; but he conceals it, and burdens his soul with a crime worthy of death, for from a concealer he becomes in addition a perjured man.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

24 He that taketh part with a thief hateth himself;

He heareth the oath and confesseth not.

Hitzig renders the first member as the pred. of the second: "he who does not bring to light such sins as require an atonement (Lev 5:1.), but shares the secret of them with the sinner, is not better than one who is a partner with a thief, who hateth himself." The construction of the verse, he remarks, is not understood by any interpreter. It is not, however, so cross, - for, understood as Hitzig thinks it ought to be, the author should have expressed the subject by שׁמע אלה ולא יגיד, - but is simple as the order of the words and the verbal form require it. The oath is, after Lev 5:1, that of the judge who adjures the partner of the thief by God to tell the truth; but he conceals it, and burdens his soul with a crime worthy of death, for from a concealer he becomes in addition a perjured man.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Bewrayeth it not - Which he is bound to do for the publick good.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Bewrayeth it not - Which he is bound to do for the publick good.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Hateth his own soul - נפשו naphsho, his life, as the outraged law may at any time seize on and put him to death. He heareth cursing - אלה alah, the execration or adjuration, (for all culprits were charged, as before God, to tell the truth), ולא יגד velo yagpid, but He will not tell It. He has no fear of God, nor reverence for an oath, because his heart is hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Hateth his own soul - נפשו naphsho, his life, as the outraged law may at any time seize on and put him to death.

He heareth cursing - אלה alah, the execration or adjuration, (for all culprits were charged, as before God, to tell the truth), ולא יגד velo yagpid, but He will not tell It. He has no fear of God, nor reverence for an oath, because his heart is hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

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