Discovery Box| (0.38) | (Pro 20:5) | 1 sn The noun means “advice, counsel”; it can have the connotation of planning or making decisions. Those with understanding can sort out plans. |
| (0.38) | (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. |
| (0.38) | (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. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 17:20) | 2 tn The phrase “does not find good” is a figure (tapeinosis) meaning, “will experience calamity.” The wicked person can expect trouble ahead. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 16:1) | 1 tn Heb “plans of the heart” (so ASV, NASB, NIV). The phrase מַעַרְכֵי־לֵב (maʿarekhe lev) means “the arrangements of the mind.” |
| (0.38) | (Pro 15:32) | 1 sn To “despise oneself” means to reject oneself as if there was little value. The one who ignores discipline is not interested in improving himself. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 15:26) | 3 tn The word רַע (raʿ, “evil, wicked”) is a genitive of source or subjective genitive, meaning the plans that the wicked devise—“wicked plans.” |
| (0.38) | (Pro 14:29) | 3 sn The participle “exalts” (מֵרִים, merim) means that this person brings folly to a full measure, lifts it up, brings it to the full notice of everybody. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 14:25) | 2 tn The noun נְפָשׁוֹת (nefashot) often means “souls,” but here “lives”—it functions as a metonymy for life (BDB 659 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 3.c). |
| (0.38) | (Pro 14:3) | 4 tn Heb “lips.” The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause, meaning what they say. The wise by their speech will find protection. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 13:25) | 3 sn The wicked may go hungry, or lack all they desire, just as the first colon may mean that what the righteous acquire proves satisfying to them. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 13:18) | 1 tn The verb III פָּרַע (paraʿ) normally means “to let go; to let alone” and here “to neglect; to avoid; to reject” (BDB 828 s.v.). |
| (0.38) | (Pro 13:10) | 1 sn The parallelism suggests pride here means contempt for the opinions of others. The wise listen to advice rather than argue out of stubborn pride. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 13:2) | 3 tn Heb “the desire of the treacherous.” The verb בָּגַד (bagad), here a participle, means “to act treacherously, with duplicity, or to betray.” |
| (0.38) | (Pro 12:18) | 1 tn The term בּוֹטֶה (boteh) means “to speak rashly [or, thoughtlessly]” (e.g., Lev 5:4; Num 30:7). |
| (0.38) | (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”]). |
| (0.38) | (Pro 12:9) | 3 sn This individual lives beyond his financial means in a vain show to impress other people and thus cannot afford to put food on the table. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 12:9) | 1 tn Heb “one who is lightly regarded.” The verb קָלָה (qalah) means “to be lightly esteemed; to be dishonored; to be degraded” (BDB 885 s.v.). |
| (0.38) | (Pro 12:4) | 4 sn The simile means that the shameful acts of such a woman will eat away her husband’s strength and influence and destroy his happiness. |
| (0.38) | (Pro 11:26) | 3 tn Heb “but a blessing is for the head of the one who sells.” The parallelism with “curse” suggests that בְּרָכָה (berakhah) “blessing” means “praise.” |
