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Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31

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Proverbs 8

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Introduction

1:2 instruction; (i-5) 'Wisdom' here and in ver. 7 is chokmah . 'Instruction' means also, 'correction,' 'warning,' 'discipline,' Job 36:10 .

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Verse 5

8:5 sense. (a-10) Strictly, 'heart.'

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Verse 8

8:8 tortuous (b-13) Or 'wily,' as Job 5:13 ; lit. 'twisted.'

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Verse 9

8:9 plain (c-4) See 'right on,' ch. 4.25. right (d-10) Or 'straight,' as ch. 4. 25.

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Verse 11

8:11 rubies, (e-6) As in chs. 3.15; 20.15; 31.10; Job 28:18 ; Lamentations 4:7 .

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Verse 12

8:12 reflection. (f-13) Here the plural, as ch. 5.2.

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Verse 13

8:13 mouth (g-19) Or 'mouth of deceits.' see ch. 2.12,14.

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Verse 15

8:15 rulers (h-6) Or 'ministers [of state],' as Judges 5:3 ; Psalms 2:2 .

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Verse 17

8:17 early (i-12) Or 'earnestly.'

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Verse 18

8:18 durable (k-7) Or 'resplendent.'

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Verse 22

8:22 works (l-12) See Psalms 46:8 .

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Verse 23

8:23 up (m-4) Lit. 'anointed.' as Psalms 2:6 .

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Verse 26

8:26 dust (n-18) Lit. 'particles,' plural.

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Verse 27

8:27 circle (o-13) See Job 26:10 ; Isaiah 40:22 .

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Verse 28

8:28 strong; (p-14) Or 'when [he] strengthened the fountains of the deep.'

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Verse 30

8:30 nursling, (q-7) The nursling of his love. Or '[his] artificer.' The Hebrew is linked with 'artist' in Song of Solomon 7:1 . rejoicing (r-14) Or 'disporting.'

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Verse 31

8:31 rejoicing (r-1) Or 'disporting.' part (s-5) Lit. 'world,' Tebel , as 'circuit,' Job 37:12 . That part of the earth fitted for man to live on. see 1 Samuel 2:8 ; Psalms 90:2 ; Psalms 96:10 .

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Verse 34

8:34 at (a-14) Or 'keeping,' 'guarding.'

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Verse 36

8:36 me (b-6) Or 'he that misseth me.'

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Darby, John. "Commentary on Proverbs 8". "John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/dsn/proverbs-8.html. 1857-67.

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