Proverbs 12:21
ContextNETBible | The righteous do not encounter 1 any harm, 2 but the wicked are filled with calamity. 3 |
XREF | Pr 1:31; Pr 14:14; Jer 13:12-14; Hab 2:16; Ro 8:28; 1Co 3:22,23; 2Co 4:17; Re 18:6 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “is not allowed to meet to the righteous.” 2 tn Heb “all calamity.” The proper nuance of אָוֶן (’aven) is debated. It is normally understood metonymically (effect) as “harm; trouble,” that is, the result/effect of wickedness (e.g., Gen 50:20). Rashi, a Jewish scholar who lived 3 tn The expression רָע מָלְאוּ (malÿ’u ra’, “to be full of evil”) means (1) the wicked do much evil or (2) the wicked experience much calamity (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). |