the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Proverbs 27:16
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Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind or trying to hold something with greased hands.
He that would restrain her restrains the wind; And his right hand encounters oil.
Stopping her is like stopping the wind or trying to grab oil in your hand.
Whoever hides her hides the wind or grasps oil with his right hand.
Whoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand [which] bewrayeth [itself].
Restraining her is like restraining the wind, Or like grasping oil in his right hand.
to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one's right hand.
He that withholdith hir, as if he holdith wynd; and auoidith the oile of his riyt hond.
He that would restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one's right hand.
It's easier to catch the wind or hold olive oil in your hand than to stop a nagging wife.
He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.
He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.
whoever can restrain her can restrain the wind or keep perfume on his hand from making itself known.
whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
Stopping her is like trying to stop the wind or trying to hold oil in your hand.
He that would hide her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand betrayeth itself.
Whosoeuer hideth her, hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand which be wrayeth it selfe.
To try to stop her is like trying to stop the wind, or like trying to catch oil in his right hand.
to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in the right hand.
He that hideth her, hideth the winde, & she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.
The north wind is severe, but it is called the right wind.
How can you keep her quiet? Have you ever tried to stop the wind or ever tried to hold a handful of oil?
He that hideth her, hideth the wind, and, perfume, his right hand may proclaim.
He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call the oil of his right hand.
to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in his right hand.
He that stilleth her, stilleth the winde, and stoppeth the smell of the oyntment in his hande.
Having found honey, eat only what is enough, lest haply thou be filled, and vomit it up.
the one who controls her controls the windand grasps oil with his right hand.
Restraining her is like restraining the wind, Or like grasping oil in his right hand.
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
In restraining her, he restrains wind, and his right hand will grasp oil.
he who hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand cries out.
Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
He that refrayneth her, refrayneth the wynde, and holdeth oyle fast in his hode.
He who would restrain her restrains the wind, And grasps oil with his right hand.
Whoever restrains her restrains the wind, And grasps oil with his right hand.
He who would restrain her restrains the wind, And grasps oil with his right hand.
He who would restrain her restrains the wind,And grasps oil with his right hand.
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the ointment: John 12:3
Reciprocal: Proverbs 12:4 - she Proverbs 21:9 - better Proverbs 25:24 - General
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind,.... Whoever attempts to stop her brawls and contentions, to repress and restrain them, and hinder her voice being heard in the streets, and endeavours to hide the shame that comes upon herself and family, attempts a thing as impossible as to hide the wind in the palm of a man's hand, or to stop it from blowing; for as that, by being restrained or pent up by any methods that can be used, makes the greater noise, so, by all the means that are used to still a contentious woman, she is but the more noisy and clamorous, and becomes more shameful and infamous;
and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself]: or "will call" or "calls" h, and says, in effect, Here am I; for the smell of it, which cannot be hid when held in a man's hand, betrays it; and the faster he holds it, and the more he presses and squeezes it, and the more it is heated hereby, the more it diffuses its savour, and is known to be where it is; and so all attempts to stop the mouth of a brawling woman does but cause her to brawl the louder.
h יקרא "clamabit", Pagninus, Montanus, Munster, Vatablus, Mercerus; "vocabit", Baynus; "clamat", Piscator, Michaelis; "praeconem agit", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The point is the impossibility of concealment or restraint. A person cannot hide the wind, or clasp it in his hands. If he takes an unguent in his right hand, the odor betrays him, or it slips out. So, in like manner, the “contentious woman” is one whose faults it is impossible either to hide or check. The difficulty of the proverb led to a different reading, adopted by the versions, “The north wind is rough, and yet it is called propitious”; it clears off the clouds and brings fine weather.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 27:16. Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind — You may as well attempt to repress the blowing of the wind, as the tongue of a scold; and to conceal this unfortunate propensity of a wife is as impossible as to hush the storm, and prevent its sound from being heard.
The ointment of his right hand — You can no more conceal such a woman's conduct, than you can the smell of the aromatic oil with which your hand has been anointed. The Hebrew is very obscure, and is variously translated. Coverdale thus: "He that refrayneth her, refrayneth the wynde; and holdith oyle fast in his honde." That is, he attempts to do what is impossible to be done.
