Proverbs 10:3
ContextNETBible | The Lord satisfies 1 the appetite 2 of the righteous, but he thwarts 3 the craving 4 of the wicked. |
XREF | Job 5:20; Job 20:5-8,20-22,28; Ps 10:14; Ps 33:19; Ps 34:9,10; Ps 37:3,19,25; Pr 14:32; Isa 33:16; Hab 2:6-8; Zep 1:18; Mt 6:30-33; Lu 12:22-24,31; Heb 13:5,6 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “does not allow…to go hungry.” The expression “The 2 tn The term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) means “soul” but its root meaning is “throat” and it has a broad range of meanings; here it denotes “appetite” (BDB 660 s.v. 5.a; see, e.g., Pss 63:6; 107:9; Prov 27:7; Isa 56:11; 58:10; Jer 50:19; Ezek 7:19). The term could denote “desire” (BDB 660 s.v. 6.a) which would include the inner urge for success. By contrast, the wicked live unfulfilled lives – as far as spiritual values are concerned. 3 tn Heb “thrusts away” (cf. ASV, NASB); NLT “refuses to satisfy.” The verb הָדַף (hadaf) means “to thrust away; to push; to drive,” either to depose or reject (BDB 213 s.v.). 4 tn This verse contrasts the “appetite” of the righteous with the “craving” of the wicked. This word הַוַּה (havvah, “craving”) means “desire” often in a bad sense, as ‘the desire of the wicked,” which could not be wholesome (Ps 52:9). |