Proverbs 3:11
ContextNETBible | My child, do not despise discipline from the Lord, 1 and do not loathe 2 his rebuke. |
XREF | Job 4:5; Job 5:17; Ps 94:12; Pr 24:10; Isa 40:30,31; 1Co 11:32; 2Co 4:1,16,17; Heb 12:3,7-12; Heb 12:5,6; Re 3:19 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “the discipline of the 2 tn The verb קוּץ (quts) has a two-fold range of meaning: (1) “to feel a loathing; to abhor” and (2) “to feel a sickening dread” (BDB 880 s.v.). The parallelism with “do not despise” suggests the former nuance here. The common response to suffering is to loathe it; however, the righteous understand that it refines one’s moral character and that it is a means to the blessing. |