Proverbs27

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¹Do about , you do a may .

²Let you, and your own ; a , and your own .

³A is , and is , but a is than .

⁴ is , is , but can ?

⁵ is than .

⁶ are the of a ; are the of an .

⁷ who is , but to who is is .

⁸Like a that from its is a who from his .

⁹ and the , and the of a comes from his .

¹⁰Do your and your , and do to your in the of your . is a who is than a who is .

¹¹Be , my , and my , that I may him who me.

¹²The and , but the and suffer for .

¹³ a man’s he has for a , and hold it in when he puts up security for an .

¹⁴Whoever his with a , rising in the , will be as .

¹⁵A on a and a are ;

¹⁶to her is to the or to in one’s .

¹⁷ , and one .

¹⁸Whoever a will its , and he who his will be .

¹⁹As in reflects , so the of reflects the .

²⁰ and are , and are the of .

²¹The for , and the is for , and a is .

²² a in a with a with , yet his will from him.

²³ the of your , and to your ,

²⁴ do last ; and a endure to all ?

²⁵When the is and the and the of the is ,

²⁶the will provide your , and the the of a .

²⁷There will be ’ for your , for the of your and for your .

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Public-domain commentary and original-language notes for Proverbs 27.

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v1

We know not what a day may bring forth. This does not forbid preparing for to-morrow, but presuming upon to-morrow. We must not put off the great work of conversion, that one thing needful.

v2

There may be occasion for us to justify ourselves, but not to praise ourselves.

vv3-4

Those who have no command of their passions, sink under the load.

Key Words

notH408Hebrew

אַל: not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing

boastH1984Hebrew

הָלַל: to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify

tomorrowH4279Hebrew

מָחָר: properly, deferred, i.e. the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter

forH3588Hebrew

כִּי: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

notH3808Hebrew

לֹא: not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

knowH3045Hebrew

יָדַע: to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

whatH4100Hebrew

מָה: properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses

dayH3117Hebrew

יוֹם: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

bringH3205Hebrew

יָלַד: to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

anotherH2114Hebrew

זוּר: to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery