the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Proverbs 21:22
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A wise man scales the city of the mighty, And brings down the strength of the confidence thereof.
A wise person can defeat a city full of warriors and tear down the defenses they trust in.
The wise person can scale the city of the mighty and bring down the stronghold in which they trust.
A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of its confidence.
A wise man scales the city of the mighty, And brings down the strength of its confidence.
A wise man scales the city [walls] of the mighty And brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
A wise man scales the city of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
A wijs man stiede `in to the citee of stronge men, and distriede the strengthe of trist therof.
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and bringeth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
A wise man scales the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.
One wise person can defeat a city full of soldiers and capture their fortress.
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, And bringeth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.
A wise man can go up into a city of warriors and undermine the strength in which it trusts.
A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
A wise person can defeat a city full of warriors and tear down the defenses they trust in.
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and bringeth down the stronghold wherein it trusteth.
A wise man scaleth the citie of the mightie, and casteth downe the strength of the confidence thereof.
A wise man goes over the city walls of the powerful, and brings down the strong-place in which they trust.
One wise person went up against a city of warriors and brought down the stronghold in which they trusted.
A wise man goeth vp into the citie of the mightie, and casteth downe the strength of the confidence thereof.
A wise man scales the defenses of the city of mighty men and conquers the stronghold in which they trusted.
A shrewd general can take a city defended by strong men, and destroy the walls they relied on.
A city of heroes, doth a wise man scale, and bringeth down the strength of its confidence.
The wise man hath scaled the city of the strong, and hath cast down the strength of the confidence thereof.
A wise man scales the city of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
A wyse man skaleth the citie of the mightie, & ouerthroweth the strength wherein they trusted.
A wise man assaults strong cities, and demolishes the fortress in which the ungodly trusted.
A wise person went up against a city of warriorsand brought down its secure fortress.
A wise man scales the city of the mighty, And brings down the strength of its confidence.
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
To a city of warriors, the wise ascends, and he will bring down the stronghold—its object of trust.
A wise one ascends the city of the mighty and topples the strength in which it trusts.
A city of the mighty hath the wise gone up, And bringeth down the strength of its confidence.
A wyse man wynneth the cite of the mightie, and as for the strength yt they trust in, he bryngeth it downe.
One sage entered a whole city of armed soldiers— their trusted defenses fell to pieces!
A wise person scales the city of the mighty And brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
A wise man scales the city of the mighty, And brings down the trusted stronghold.
A wise man scales the city of the mighty And brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
A wise man goes up to the city of the mightyAnd brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
2 Samuel 20:16-22, Ecclesiastes 7:19, Ecclesiastes 9:13-18
Reciprocal: Proverbs 24:5 - A wise Ecclesiastes 9:16 - Wisdom Daniel 2:23 - who hast
Cross-References
Abraham introduced his wife, Sarah, by saying, "She is my sister." So King Abimelech of Gerar sent for Sarah and had her brought to him at his palace.
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, so they could have children.
She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would.
And Abraham named their son Isaac.
One day King Abimelech came from Gerar with his adviser, Ahuzzath, and also Phicol, his army commander.
They replied, "We can plainly see that the Lord is with you. So we want to enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let's make a covenant.
What's more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you."
"Please listen to me," Laban replied. "I have become wealthy, for the Lord has blessed me because of you.
The Lord told Joshua, "Today I will begin to make you a great leader in the eyes of all the Israelites. They will know that I am with you, just as I was with Moses.
Solomon son of David took firm control of his kingdom, for the Lord his God was with him and made him very powerful.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty,.... Which makes good what is elsewhere said, that "wisdom is better than strength", Ecclesiastes 9:16; and sometimes more is done by prudence and wisdom, by art and cunning, by schemes and stratagems, than by power and force; especially in military affairs, and particularly in besieging and taking fortified cities; when one wise man, by his wisdom, may so order and manage things, as to be able, with a few under his command, to mount the walls of a city and take it, though defended by a mighty garrison in it. This may be applied to, our Lord Jesus Christ entering into the city of a man's heart, possessed by the strong man armed; overcoming him, taking from him his armour, and dividing his spoil,
Luke 11:21; compare with this Ecclesiastes 9:14;
and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof; the strong walls, bulwarks, and such fortifications, in which the mighty in the city placed their confidence: and the like does Christ, when he enters into the heart of a sinner by his word and spirit; he destroys all its former strong confidences, and brings it into subjection to himself,
2 Corinthians 10:4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Even in war, counsel does more than brute strength. So of the warfare which is carried on in the inner battlefield of the soul. There also wisdom is mighty to the “pulling down of strongholds” (2 Corinthians 10:4, where Paul uses the very words of the Septuagint Version of this passage), and the wise man scales and keeps the city which the strong man armed has seized and made his own.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 21:22. A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty — Wisdom is in many respects preferable to strength, even in the case of defence. See what skill does in the fortification and reduction of strong places.
