Proverbs 11:10
Context| NETBible | When the righteous do well, 1 the city rejoices; 2 when the wicked perish, there is joy. |
| XREF | Ex 15:21; Jud 5:31; Es 8:15,16; Job 27:23; Ps 58:10,11; Pr 28:12,28; Re 19:1-7 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn The text has “in the good [בְּטוֹב, bÿtov] of the righteous,” meaning when they do well, when they prosper. Cf. NCV, NLT “succeed”; TEV “have good fortune.” 2 sn The verb תַּעֲלֹץ (ta’alots, “to rejoice; to exult”) is paralleled with the noun רִנָּה (rinnah, “ringing cry”). The descriptions are hyperbolic, except when the person who dies is one who afflicted society (e.g., 2 Kgs 11:20; Esth 8:15). D. Kidner says, “However drab the world makes out virtue to be, it appreciates the boon of it in public life” (Proverbs [TOTC], 91). |
