Proverbs 16:29
Context| NETBible | A violent person 1 entices 2 his neighbor, and leads him down a path that is terrible. 3 |
| XREF | 1Sa 19:11,17; 1Sa 22:7-9; 1Sa 23:19-21; Ne 6:13; Pr 1:10-14; Pr 2:12-15; Pr 3:31; 2Pe 3:17 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “man of violence.” He influences his friends toward violence. The term חָמָס (khamas, “violence”) often refers to sins against society, social injustices, and crimes. 2 tn The verb in the first colon is the Piel imperfect, and the form in the second is the Hiphil perfect; the first is a habitual imperfect, and the second a gnomic perfect. The first verb, “to persuade, seduce, entice,” is the metonymy of cause; the second verb, “to lead,” is the metonymy of effect, the two together forming the whole process. 3 tn Heb “not good” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “a harmful path.” The expression “a way that is not good” is an example of tapeinosis – a deliberate understatement for the sake of emphasis: It is terrible. This refers to crime and violence. The understatement is used to warn people away from villains and to remind them to follow a good path. |
