V. 26. Lit. Returns right words, viz. in answer, answers to deceive; and thus confirms the caution, in the first member, to with right words. shun the temptation to it. The version in the text expresses the meaning, according to either construction. 9 than that thou be put lower in presence of the prince, whom thine eyes have seen. Go not forth hastily to contend at law; lest thou do aught in the end Plead thy cause with thy 9 neighbor; and reveal not another's secret. Lest he that hears reproach 10 thee, and thine evil report turn not away. V. 8. To contend at law: the special meaning of . So the old English versions: Be not hasty to go to the law.-Lest thou do aught (see Expl. Notes).* V. 9. Plead thy cause, etc. (See Expl. Notes.) V. 10. Thine evil report: the passive use of the suff. pron., as in Gen. 37:2; where, as in Num. 13: 32, 14: 37, the Heb. * Maurer: Ne quid facias in fine ejus (litis); ne in fine ejus quid facias, quod tibi haudquaquam salutare aut honorificum sit futurum. word is correctly rendered 'evil report', in the Common Ver- | But this word has an immutable Cholem, and doubles its final sion. radical; and the rendering, on its wheels ('quickly spoken'*) gives no pertinent sense. V. 11. Gravings, , in the original sense of cutting, carving. The signification, baskets, is contrary to etymology and usage.* Old English Versions, graved work. V. 17. The rendering of the Common Version, ' withdraw thy In (not with,' Gesenius, De Wette, Ewald) gravings of silver. foot,' is derived from the Latin Vulgate, † and misrepresents the (See Expl. Notes.) In its season, " by (Gesenius, Thes. and Lex. p), as Symmachus, and the Vulgate.† Properly, its seasons, which we express by the collect. sing. For this form of the Plur. with light suff., see Lehrgeb. 133, VII. 17. sacred writer's meaning; for he only enjoins that one should make his visits rare‡ (should put restraint on them), not that he should wholly discontinue them. esse eum, qui procedit recte, facile, feliciter, quasi rotas haberet. Some (as Bertheau) refer this Plur. to the Sing. is, wheel. Verum quo minus 1 ad referamus, illud vetat, quod id nomen in Plurali est . Erit igitur ad Singularem referendum, quod significatu cum harmonicis Arabum انان * Gesenius (Thes. vol. III. p. 1330): Alii, in calathis argenteis (Luth. goldene Aepfel in silbernen Schalen), coll. fructuaria: sed non potest referri ad rad. Ewald: Die gewöhnliche Uebersetzung, goldene Aepfel in silbernen Schalen, lässt sich nicht als richtig denken. et sporta שכך comparandum, quæ tempus opportunum denotant; unde recte Vulgatus in tempore suo interpretatus est. * Bertheau: ❤in rasch gesprochenes treffendes (?) Wort. † Symm. ¿v xaiçó̟ avrov. Vulg. in tempore suo. † Substrahe pedem tuum de domo proximi tui. f Compare the Sept.: σπάνιον εἴσαγε σὸν πόδα πρὸς σεαυτοῦ ◆ Rosenmüller: Alii sermonem dictum super rotas suas volunt | gížov. V. 19. An unsteady foot. The sense is the same, whether (with Gesenius) we regard as Kal Part. (, Gram. 27, Rem. 1), or (with Rosenmüller and Ewald, after Kimchi) as Pual Part. for, or (with Winer) as a noun, pes vacillationis. V. 20. So is he, etc. Lit. And he; the Vav copulative connecting this act with the two preceding ones, as being a third of the same nature and character as the other two. It may, therefore, be expressed either in connection with the particle of comparison, or by the copulative alone, as is done in ch. 27: 21. There are but four examples of this structure of the proverb, viz. this verse, v. 25, and chs. 26: 21, 27: 21. In all, the might properly be expressed by the simple copulative; but this would here, perhaps, be too harsh and unusual a construction in English. V. 22. Burning coals (bn), in distinction from 26: 21). (ch. V. 23. Brings forth compare Ps. 90: 2.* The rendering in the Common Version follows the Vulg. dissipat pluvias, for which there is no grouud.† A covert tongue (0), that seeks a cover or disguise, for some evil purpose, in distinction from one that is open and frank in its utterances. There is a manifest allusion to the etymological meaning of 153. V. 24. See the note on ch. 21:9. V. 25. So is, etc. See the note on v. 20. V. 26., tottering, ready to fall. (See Expl. Notes.) V. 27. Is not: the force of continued from the first member and readily suggests itself without being expressed. Their (Gram. 152, 3). Their searching after honor (the Suff. referring to the complex idea). So Gesenius, Thes. (art. pn), and Lex. (art. 15).* This is the proper meaning of the Masoretic punctuation of the common Heb. text. The latter is given in all the Mss. of Kennicott and De Rossi; and the former is confirmed by the reading (1) of fifty-nine of Kennicott's Mss. The only objection to this rendering, see Gesenius, foot-note (*), is the use of the possess. pron., their, without an antecedent. But of this there are other examples, † where the reference naturally * Thes. vol. I. p. 515: 72 71 p, quæ ad verbum esse possint et investigatio honoris i. e. nimium honoris studium (cf. rad. Job 28: 3, et similem usum Job 3:21) non est honor (negandi particula ex superioribus repetita, v. Lgb. p. 832). Sed molestum est Suffixum in 7, etc. † As in ch. 20:16, Take his garment when he is surety for an alien. searching, viz. of any and all who make the search. There is no occasion, therefore, for the proposed conjectural changes of the Heb. text (Arnoldi and others, more recently Bertheau), without any authority of Mss. V. 28. Whose spirit (15-, Gram. 123, 1).* Ch. XXVI.-V. 7. Hang down. This is the true meaning, whether (with Gesenius, Thes. and Lex. 3, 1) we regard the Heb. form as b, or (with Maurer†) as an irregular punctua tion of 3 (Gram. 875, Rem. 4) from . The meaning, + * Bertheau: Eine durchbrochene (2 Chron. 32 : 5) Stadt ohne Mauer ist ein Mann dessen Geiste keine Schranke ist. † Heb. Hdwbch. (art. 4): Pl. 3, einmal 3, Spr. 26 : 7, für 5 analog den Fällen bei Ges. ¿74, Anm. 4 u. 11. "But it is easier with R. Judah, R. Jonah, and several Ms. to read i. q. from r." (Gesenius, Lex. 33, 1, extr.). |