Proverbs 19:1
ContextNETBible | Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity 1 than one who is perverse in his speech 2 and is a fool. 3 |
XREF | 1Sa 25:17,25; Ps 37:26; Pr 12:26; Pr 15:16; Pr 16:8; Pr 19:22; Pr 28:6; Isa 59:3; Mt 12:31-34; Mt 16:26; Jas 2:5,6 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn People should follow honesty even if it leads to poverty (e.g., Prov 18:23; 19:22). 2 tn Heb “lips.” The term “lips” is a metonymy for what one says with his lips. The expression “perverse in his lips” refers to speech that is morally perverted. Some medieval Hebrew 3 tc The Syriac and Tg. Prov 19:1 read “rich” instead of MT “fool.” This makes tighter antithetical parallelism than MT and is followed by NAB. However, the MT makes sense as it stands; this is an example of metonymical parallelism. The MT reading is also supported by the LXX. The Hebrew construction uses וְהוּא (vÿhu’), “and he [is],” before “fool.” This may be rendered “one who is perverse while a fool” or “a fool at the same time.” |