Discovery Box| (0.43) | (Pro 26:4) | 2 sn The person who descends to the level of a fool to argue with him only looks like a fool as well. |
| (0.43) | (Pro 25:25) | 1 tn Heb “a weary [or, faint] soul” (so NASB, NIV); KJV, ASV, NRSV “a thirsty soul,” but “soul” here refers to the whole person. |
| (0.43) | (Pro 25:20) | 1 tc The consonants of the Hebrew text of this verse are similar to the consonants in v. 19. The LXX has a much longer reading: “Like vinegar is bad for a wound, so a pain that afflicts the body afflicts the heart. Like a moth in a garment, and a worm in wood, so the pain of a man wounds the heart” (NRSV follows much of the LXX reading; NAB follows only the second sentence of the LXX reading). The idea that v. 20 is a dittogram is not very convincing; and the Greek version is too far removed to be of help in the matter. |
| (0.43) | (Pro 25:14) | 3 tn Heb “a gift of falsehood.” This would mean that the individual brags about giving a gift, when there is no gift. |
| (0.43) | (Pro 24:28) | 2 tn Heb “lips.” The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause; it means “what is said.” Here it refers to what is said in court as a false witness. |
| (0.43) | (Pro 22:11) | 2 tn Heb “grace of his lips” (so KJV, ASV). The “lips” are a metonymy of cause representing what is said; it also functions as a genitive of specification. |
| (0.43) | (Pro 22:1) | 1 tn Heb “a name.” The idea of the name being “good” is implied; it has the connotation here of a reputation (cf. TEV, CEV, NLT). |
| (0.43) | (Pro 21:14) | 5 tc The LXX offers a moralizing translation not too closely tied to the MT: “he who withholds a gift stirs up violent wrath.” |
| (0.43) | (Pro 20:10) | 1 tn The construction simply uses repetition to express different kinds of weights and measures: “a stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah.” |
| (0.43) | (Pro 19:23) | 3 tn Here “life” is probably a metonymy of subject for “blessings and prosperity in life.” The plural form often covers a person’s “lifetime.” |
| (0.43) | (Pro 19:20) | 3 tn The imperfect tense has the nuance of a final imperfect in a purpose clause, and so is translated “that you may become wise” (cf. NAB, NRSV). |
| (0.43) | (Pro 19:12) | 3 sn The proverb makes an observation about a king’s power to terrify or to refresh. It advises people to use tact with a king. |
| (0.43) | (Pro 19:6) | 2 tn Heb “the face of a generous man”; ASV “the liberal man.” The term “face” is a synecdoche of part (= face) for the whole (= person). |
| (0.43) | (Pro 19:5) | 1 tn Heb “a witness of lies.” This expression is an attributive genitive: “a lying witness” (cf. CEV “dishonest witnesses”). This is paralleled by “the one who pours out lies.” |
| (0.43) | (Pro 16:22) | 3 tn Heb “fountain of life.” The point of the metaphor is that like a fountain this wisdom will be a constant provision for living in this world. |
| (0.43) | (Pro 14:19) | 4 tn The adjective is singular. A plurality of people crouching before a single person portrays an even greater extent of difference in power between them. |
| (0.43) | (Pro 12:15) | 1 sn The way of a fool describes a headlong course of actions (“way” is an idiom for conduct) that is not abandoned even when wise advice is offered. |
| (0.43) | (Pro 12:13) | 1 tn Heb “snare of a man.” The word “snare” is the figurative meaning of the noun מוֹקֵשׁ (“bait; lure” from יָקַשׁ [yaqash, “to lay a bait, or lure”]). |
| (0.43) | (Pro 11:22) | 1 tn The proverb makes a comparison by means of a verbless clause; the words “like… is…” are added in English for the sake of style. |
| (0.43) | (Pro 7:11) | 1 tn Heb “her feet.” This is a synecdoche, a part for the whole; the point is that she never stays home, but is out and about all the time. |
