Proverbs 27:10
ContextNETBible | Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away. 1 |
XREF | 2Sa 19:24,28; 2Sa 21:7; 1Ki 12:6-8; 2Ch 24:22; Job 6:21-23; Pr 17:17; Pr 18:24; Pr 19:7; Isa 41:8-10; Jer 2:5; Ob 1:12-14; Lu 10:30-37; Ac 23:12,23-35 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn The meaning of the verse is very difficult, although the translation is rather straightforward. It may simply be saying that people should retain family relationships but will discover that a friend who is available is better than a relative who is not. But C. H. Toy thinks that the verse is made up of three lines that have no connection: 10a instructs people to maintain relationships, 10b says not to go to a brother’s house [only?] when disaster strikes, and 10c observes that a nearby friend is better than a far-away relative. C. H. Toy suggests a connection may have been there, but has been lost (Proverbs [ICC], 485-86). The conflict between 17:17 and 10b may be another example of presenting two sides of the issue, a fairly frequent occurrence in the book of Proverbs. |