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Selected Verse: Proverbs 6:22 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 6:22 |
Strong Concordance |
When thou goest [01980], it shall lead [05148] thee; when thou sleepest [07901], it shall keep [08104] thee; and when thou awakest [06974], it shall talk [07878] with thee. |
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King James |
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. |
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] |
| it--(compare Pro 6:23); denotes the instruction of parents (Pro 6:20), to which all the qualities of a safe guide and guard and ready teacher are ascribed. It prevents the ingress of evil by supplying good thoughts, even in dreams (Pro 3:21-23; Psa 19:9; Pe2 1:19). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The representation of the good doctrine is now personified, and becomes identified with it.
When thou walkest, it will guide thee;
When thou liest down, it will keep watch over thee;
And when thou wakest, it will talk with thee.
The subject is the doctrine of wisdom, with which the representation of wisdom herself is identified. The futures are not expressive of a wish or of an admonition, but of a promise; the form of the third clause shows this. Thus, and in the same succession as in the schema Deu 6:7, cf. Pro 11:19, are the three circumstances of the outward life distinguished: going, lying down, and rising up. The punctuation בּהתהלכך, found here and there, is Ben-Naphtali's variant; Ben-Asher and also the Textus rec. reject the Metheg in this case, vid., Baer's Metheg-Setzung, 28. The verb נחה, with its Hiph. in a strengthened Kal-signification, is more frequently found in the Psalms than in the Proverbs; the Arab. nh' shows that it properly signifies to direct (dirigere), to give direction, to move in a definite direction. שׁמר with על, to take into protection, we had already Pro 2:11; this author has favourite forms of expression, in the repetition of which he takes delight. With lying down, sleeping is associated. והקיצות is, as Psa 139:18, the hypoth. perf., according to Ewald, 357a: et ut expergefactus es, illa te compellabit. Bertheau incorrectly: she will make thee thoughtful. But apart from the fact that there is no evidence of the existence of this Hiph. in the language of the Bible, the personification demands a clearer figure. שׂיח (שׂוּח) signifies mental speech and audible speech (Gen 24:63, poet., in the Talmudic
(Note: The conjecture thrown out by Wetstein, that (Arab.) shykh is equivalent to משׂיח (מסיח), speaker, is untenable, since the verb shakh, to be old, a so-called munsarif, i.e., conjugated throughout, is used in all forms, and thus is certainly the root of the shykh.)
a common word); with ב, speaking concerning something (fabulari de), Psa 69:13; with the accus., that which is said of a thing, Psa 145:5, or the address, briefly for שׂיח ל, Job 12:8 (as מגּן with accus. Pro 4:9 = מגן ל): when thou art awake, wisdom will forthwith enter into conversation with thee, and fill thy thoughts with right matter, and give to thy hands the right direction and consecration. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| It - The law of God which thy parents have taught thee. Talk - It shall give thee counsel and comfort. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
When thou goest, it shall lead thee - Here the law is personified; and is represented as a nurse, teacher, and guardian, by night and day. An upright man never goes but as directed by God's word and led by God's Spirit.
When thou sleepest - He commends his body and soul to the protection of his Maker when he lies down and sleeps in peace. And when he awakes in the morning, the promises and mercies of God are the first things that present themselves to his recollection. |
19 We have [2192] also [2532] a more sure [949] word [3056] of prophecy [4397]; whereunto [3739] ye do [4160] well [2573] that ye take heed [4337], as [5613] unto a light [3088] that shineth [5316] in [1722] a dark [850] place [5117], until [2193] [3739] the day [2250] dawn [1306], and [2532] the day star [5459] arise [393] in [1722] your [5216] hearts [2588]:
9 The fear [03374] of the LORD [03068] is clean [02889], enduring [05975] for ever [05703]: the judgments [04941] of the LORD [03068] are true [0571] and righteous [06663] altogether [03162].
21 My son [01121], let not them depart [03868] from thine eyes [05869]: keep [05341] sound wisdom [08454] and discretion [04209]:
22 So shall they be life [02416] unto thy soul [05315], and grace [02580] to thy neck [01621].
23 Then shalt thou walk [03212] in thy way [01870] safely [0983], and thy foot [07272] shall not stumble [05062].
20 My son [01121], keep [05341] thy father's [01] commandment [04687], and forsake [05203] not the law [08451] of thy mother [0517]:
23 For the commandment [04687] is a lamp [05216]; and the law [08451] is light [0216]; and reproofs [08433] of instruction [04148] are the way [01870] of life [02416]:
9 She shall give [05414] to thine head [07218] an ornament [03880] of grace [02580]: a crown [05850] of glory [08597] shall she deliver [04042] to thee.
8 Or speak [07878] to the earth [0776], and it shall teach [03384] thee: and the fishes [01709] of the sea [03220] shall declare [05608] unto thee.
5 I will speak [07878] of the glorious [03519] honour [01926] of thy majesty [01935], and of thy wondrous [06381] works [01697].
13 But as for me, my prayer [08605] is unto thee, O LORD [03068], in an acceptable [07522] time [06256]: O God [0430], in the multitude [07230] of thy mercy [02617] hear [06030] me, in the truth [0571] of thy salvation [03468].
63 And Isaac [03327] went out [03318] to meditate [07742] in the field [07704] at [06437] the eventide [06153]: and he lifted up [05375] his eyes [05869], and saw [07200], and, behold, the camels [01581] were coming [0935].
18 If I should count [05608] them, they are more in number [07235] than the sand [02344]: when I awake [06974], I am still [05750] with thee.
11 Discretion [04209] shall preserve [08104] thee, understanding [08394] shall keep [05341] thee:
19 As righteousness [06666] tendeth to life [02416]: so he that pursueth [07291] evil [07451] pursueth it to his own death [04194].
7 And thou shalt teach them diligently [08150] unto thy children [01121], and shalt talk [01696] of them when thou sittest [03427] in thine house [01004], and when thou walkest [03212] by the way [01870], and when thou liest down [07901], and when thou risest up [06965].