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Friday, November 29th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Proverbs 24:32

When I saw, I considered it well; I looked and received instruction.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Idleness;   Instruction;   Slothfulness;   Young Men;   The Topic Concordance - Laziness;   Poverty;   Understanding;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Idleness and Sloth;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Wisdom literature;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Economic Life;   Israel, History of;   Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Proverbs, Book of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Prov'erbs, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Proverbs, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Labor;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Then, as I looked and thought about it, I learned this lesson:
Update Bible Version
Then I looked, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:
New Century Version
I thought about what I had seen; I learned this lesson from what I saw.
New English Translation
When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw:
Webster's Bible Translation
Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it], [and] received instruction.
World English Bible
Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:
English Standard Version
Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne Y hadde seyn this thing, Y settide in myn herte, and bi ensaumple Y lernyde techyng.
English Revised Version
Then I beheld, and considered well: I saw, and received instruction.
Berean Standard Bible
I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
Contemporary English Version
When I saw this, it taught me a lesson:
American Standard Version
Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:
Bible in Basic English
Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.
Complete Jewish Bible
I looked, and I thought about it; I saw, and I learned this lesson:
Darby Translation
Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction:
Easy-to-Read Version
I looked at this and thought about it. This is what I learned:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction.
King James Version (1611)
Then I saw, and considered it well, I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction.
New Life Bible
When I saw it, I thought about it. I looked and received teaching.
New Revised Standard
Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then I behelde, and I considered it well: I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction.
George Lamsa Translation
Then I looked upon it, and considered it well, and I received instruction:
Good News Translation
I looked at this, thought about it, and learned a lesson from it:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So I observed it, for myself, I applied my heart, I looked - I accepted correction:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.
Revised Standard Version
Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
This I sawe, and considered it well: I looked vpon it, and toke it for a warning.
Christian Standard Bible®
I saw, and took it to heart;I looked, and received instruction:
Hebrew Names Version
Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:
King James Version
Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
Lexham English Bible
Then I myself saw and my heart considered; I looked, and I took hold of instruction:
Literal Translation
And I beheld, I set my heart on it, I looked, I received instruction.
Young's Literal Translation
And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This I sawe, & cosidered it wel: I loked vpo it, & toke it for a warnynge.
New American Standard Bible
When I saw, I reflected upon it; I looked, and received instruction.
New King James Version
When I saw it, I considered it well; I looked on it and received instruction:
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When I saw, I reflected upon it; I looked, and received instruction.
Legacy Standard Bible
And I beheld, I set my heart upon it;I saw, I received discipline.

Contextual Overview

30I went by the field of the lazy man, And by the vineyard of the man lacking understanding and common sense; 31And, behold, it was all overgrown with thorns, And nettles were covering its surface, And its stone wall was broken down. 32When I saw, I considered it well; I looked and received instruction.33"Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest [and daydream]," 34Then your poverty will come as a robber, And your want like an armed man.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

considered it: Heb. set my heart, Job 7:17, Psalms 4:4, Luke 2:19, Luke 2:51

I looked: Deuteronomy 13:11, Deuteronomy 21:21, Deuteronomy 32:29, 1 Corinthians 10:6, 1 Corinthians 10:11, Jude 1:5 -7

Reciprocal: Exodus 7:23 - neither Exodus 9:21 - regarded not Proverbs 27:23 - look well Jeremiah 31:21 - set thine Ezekiel 44:5 - mark well 2 Timothy 2:7 - Consider

Cross-References

Genesis 18:4
"Please let a little water be brought [by one of my servants] and [you may] wash your feet, and recline and rest comfortably under the tree.
Genesis 19:2
And he said, "See here, my lords, please turn aside and come into your servant's house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may get up early and go on your way." But they said, "No, we shall spend the night in the open plaza [of the city]."
Genesis 24:4
but you will [instead] go to my [former] country (Mesopotamia) and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac [the heir of the covenant promise]."
Genesis 24:14
now let it be that the girl to whom I say, 'Please, let down your jar so that I may [have a] drink,' and she replies, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels water to drink'—may she be the one whom You have selected [as a wife] for Your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have shown lovingkindness (faithfulness) to my master."
Genesis 43:24
Then the steward brought the men into Joseph's house and gave them water, and they washed [the dust off] their feet; and he gave their donkeys feed.
Judges 19:21
So he brought him into his house and fed the donkeys; and they washed their feet and ate and drank.
1 Samuel 25:41
And she stood and bowed with her face to the ground and said, "Behold, your maidservant is [ready to be] a maid to wash the feet of the servants of my lord."
Luke 7:44
Then turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house [but you failed to extend to Me the usual courtesies shown to a guest]; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair [demonstrating her love].
1 Timothy 5:10
and has a reputation for good deeds; [she is eligible] if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality to strangers, if she has washed the feet of the saints (God's people), if she has assisted the distressed, and has devoted herself to doing good in every way.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then I saw, [and] considered it well,.... Or, "when I saw, I considered it well"; or "set my heart it" z; when he saw as he passed along the field and the vineyard, he, considered who was the owner and proprietor of them; what a sluggish and foolish man he was, and what a ruinous condition his field and vineyard were in.

I looked upon [it, and] received instruction; looked at it again, and took a thorough view of it, and learned something from it; so great and wise a man as Solomon received instruction from the field and vineyard of the slothful and foolish man; learned to be wiser, and to be more diligent in cultivating his own field, and dressing his own vineyard: so from the view and consideration of the slothfulness and folly of unregenerate man, and of the state and condition of his soul, many lessons of instruction may be learned; as that there is no free will and wisdom in men with respect to that which is good; the ruinous state and condition of men, as being all overspread with sin and corruption, in all the powers and faculties of their souls; and that there is nothing in them agreeable to God, but all the reverse; also the necessity of divine grace to put them into a good state, and make them fruitful; moreover, the distinguishing grace of God, which makes others to differ from them; and likewise it is teaching and instructive to good men to use more diligence themselves in things relating to their spiritual good, and to the glory of God.

z ואחזה אנכי אשית לבי "quum ergo contemplatus essem, adjunxi animum meum", Mercerus; "cum intuerer, apposui cor meum", Gejerus; "cum igitur viderem ego, adponebam cor meum", Michaelis.


 
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