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Discovery Box| (0.27) | (Pro 21:27) | 2 sn This rhetorical device shows that if the act is abomination, the wicked heart is an even greater sin. It argues from the lesser to the greater. |
| (0.27) | (Pro 22:3) | 2 tn All the verbs in this verse are perfect forms, so past tense in English. They portray events that have happened as prototypical of what commonly happens. |
| (0.27) | (Pro 21:24) | 5 sn The portrait in this proverb is not merely of one who is self-sufficient, but one who is insolent, scornful, and arrogant. |
| (0.27) | (Pro 20:30) | 2 tn The term “cleanse” does not appear in this line but is supplied in the translation in the light of the parallelism. |
| (0.27) | (Pro 21:1) | 2 sn “Hand” in this passage is a personification; the word is frequently used idiomatically for “power,” and that is the sense intended here. |
| (0.27) | (Pro 20:14) | 3 tn The Hitpael imperfect of הָלַל (halal) means “to praise”—to talk in glowing terms, excitedly. In this stem it means “to praise oneself; to boast.” |
| (0.27) | (Pro 20:9) | 1 sn The verse is a rhetorical question; it is affirming that no one can say this because no one is pure and free of sin. |
| (0.27) | (Pro 19:19) | 1 sn The Hebrew word means “indemnity, fine”; this suggests that the trouble could be legal, and the angry person has to pay for it. |
| (0.27) | (Pro 19:3) | 2 tn The verb סָלַף (salaf) normally means “to twist; to pervert; to overturn,” but in this context it means “to subvert” (BDB 701 s.v.); cf. ASV “subverteth.” |
| (0.27) | (Pro 19:2) | 1 tn Heb “not good.” This is a figure known as tapeinosis (a deliberate understatement to emphasize a worst-case scenario): “it is dangerous!” |
| (0.27) | (Pro 18:22) | 5 tc The LXX adds this embellishment to complete the thought: “Whoever puts away a good wife puts away good, and whoever keeps an adulteress is foolish and ungodly.” |
| (0.27) | (Pro 18:6) | 3 tn Heb “calls for.” This is personification: What the fool says “calls for” a beating or flogging. The fool deserves punishment, but does not actually request it. |
| (0.27) | (Pro 18:5) | 1 tn Heb “not good.” This is a figure known as tapeinosis, a deliberate understatement to emphasize a worst-case scenario: “it is terrible!” |
| (0.27) | (Pro 18:11) | 3 tn Heb “city of his strength”; NIV “fortified city.” This term refers to their place of refuge, what they look to for security and protection in time of trouble. |
| (0.27) | (Pro 18:11) | 1 sn This proverb forms a contrast with the previous one. The rich, unlike the righteous, trust in wealth and not in God. |
| (0.27) | (Pro 17:27) | 1 tn Heb “the one knowing knowledge.” The cognate accusative underscores the meaning of the participle—this is a truly knowledgeable person. |
| (0.27) | (Pro 17:27) | 3 tn Heb “cool of spirit.” This genitive of specification describes one who is “calm” (so NCV, TEV, CEV) or “even-tempered” (so NIV, NLT); he is composed. |
| (0.27) | (Pro 17:25) | 2 tn Heb “to the one who bore him.” Because the participle is feminine singular in Hebrew, this has been translated as “the mother who bore him.” |
| (0.27) | (Pro 17:26) | 1 tn Heb “not good.” This is an example of tapeinosis—an understatement that implies the worst-case scenario: “it is terrible.” |
| (0.27) | (Pro 17:14) | 2 tc The LXX has “Giving authority to words is the beginning of strife.” This would make it a warning against thoughtless talk. |
