Footnotes

Footnote from Proverbs 1:23 (Back)

[1] 1:23 Or Will you turn away at my reproof?

Footnote from Proverbs 2:16 (Back)

[1] 2:16 Hebrew strange

Footnote from Proverbs 2:16 (Back)

[2] 2:16 Hebrew foreign woman

Footnote from Proverbs 2:18 (Back)

[3] 2:18 Hebrew to the Rephaim

Footnote from Proverbs 3:4 (Back)

[1] 3:4 Or repute

Footnote from Proverbs 3:8 (Back)

[2] 3:8 Hebrew navel

Footnote from Proverbs 3:8 (Back)

[3] 3:8 Or medicine

Footnote from Proverbs 3:25 (Back)

[4] 3:25 Hebrew storm

Footnote from Proverbs 3:27 (Back)

[5] 3:27 Hebrew Do not withhold good from its owners

Footnote from Proverbs 3:34 (Back)

[6] 3:34 Or grace

Footnote from Proverbs 3:35 (Back)

[7] 3:35 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

Footnote from Proverbs 4:1 (Back)

[1] 4:1 Hebrew know

Footnote from Proverbs 4:22 (Back)

[2] 4:22 Hebrew his

Footnote from Proverbs 4:26 (Back)

[3] 4:26 Or Make level

Footnote from Proverbs 5:3 (Back)

[1] 5:3 Hebrew strange; also verse 20

Footnote from Proverbs 5:3 (Back)

[2] 5:3 Hebrew palate

Footnote from Proverbs 5:5 (Back)

[3] 5:5 Hebrew lay hold of

Footnote from Proverbs 5:19 (Back)

[4] 5:19 Hebrew be led astray; also verse 20

Footnote from Proverbs 5:20 (Back)

[5] 5:20 Hebrew a foreign woman

Footnote from Proverbs 5:21 (Back)

[6] 5:21 Or makes level

Footnote from Proverbs 6:3 (Back)

[1] 6:3 Or humble yourself

Footnote from Proverbs 6:5 (Back)

[2] 6:5 Hebrew lacks of the hunter

Footnote from Proverbs 6:13 (Back)

[3] 6:13 Hebrew scrapes

Footnote from Proverbs 6:22 (Back)

[4] 6:22 Hebrew it; three times in this verse

Footnote from Proverbs 6:24 (Back)

[5] 6:24 Revocalization (compare Septuagint) yields from the wife of a neighbor

Footnote from Proverbs 6:24 (Back)

[6] 6:24 Hebrew the foreign woman

Footnote from Proverbs 6:26 (Back)

[7] 6:26 Or (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate) for a prostitute leaves a man with nothing but a loaf of bread

Footnote from Proverbs 6:26 (Back)

[8] 6:26 Hebrew a man's wife

Footnote from Proverbs 7:5 (Back)

[1] 7:5 Hebrew strange

Footnote from Proverbs 7:5 (Back)

[2] 7:5 Hebrew the foreign woman

Footnote from Proverbs 7:10 (Back)

[3] 7:10 Hebrew guarded in heart

Footnote from Proverbs 7:14 (Back)

[4] 7:14 Hebrew peace offerings

Footnote from Proverbs 7:22 (Back)

[5] 7:22 Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac); Hebrew as an anklet for the discipline of a fool

Footnote from Proverbs 8:16 (Back)

[1] 8:16 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint govern the earth

Footnote from Proverbs 8:22 (Back)

[2] 8:22 Or fathered; Septuagint created

Footnote from Proverbs 8:22 (Back)

[3] 8:22 Hebrew way

Footnote from Proverbs 8:28 (Back)

[4] 8:28 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

Footnote from Proverbs 8:30 (Back)

[5] 8:30 Or daily filled with

Footnote from Proverbs 9:6 (Back)

[1] 9:6 Or Leave the company of the simple

Footnote from Proverbs 9:9 (Back)

[2] 9:9 Hebrew lacks instruction

Footnote from Proverbs 9:13 (Back)

[3] 9:13 Or full of simpleness

Footnote from Proverbs 9:18 (Back)

[4] 9:18 Hebrew Rephaim

Footnote from Proverbs 10:22 (Back)

[1] 10:22 Or and toil adds nothing to it

Footnote from Proverbs 11:7 (Back)

[1] 11:7 Or of his strength, or of iniquity

Footnote from Proverbs 11:27 (Back)

[2] 11:27 Or acceptance

Footnote from Proverbs 12:17 (Back)

[1] 12:17 Hebrew breathes out

Footnote from Proverbs 12:26 (Back)

[2] 12:26 Or The righteous chooses his friends carefully

Footnote from Proverbs 12:27 (Back)

[3] 12:27 Or but diligence is precious wealth

Footnote from Proverbs 13:5 (Back)

[1] 13:5 Or stench

Footnote from Proverbs 13:11 (Back)

[2] 13:11 Or by fraud

Footnote from Proverbs 13:15 (Back)

[3] 13:15 Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate); Hebrew is rugged, or is an enduring rut

Footnote from Proverbs 13:21 (Back)

[4] 13:21 Or Evil

Footnote from Proverbs 13:24 (Back)

[5] 13:24 Or who loves him disciplines him early

Footnote from Proverbs 14:3 (Back)

[1] 14:3 Or In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride

Footnote from Proverbs 14:9 (Back)

[2] 14:9 Hebrew but among the upright is acceptance

Footnote from Proverbs 14:12 (Back)

[3] 14:12 Hebrew ways of death

Footnote from Proverbs 14:16 (Back)

[4] 14:16 Or fears [the LORD]

Footnote from Proverbs 14:22 (Back)

[5] 14:22 Or show

Footnote from Proverbs 14:30 (Back)

[6] 14:30 Or healing

Footnote from Proverbs 14:30 (Back)

[7] 14:30 Or jealousy

Footnote from Proverbs 14:33 (Back)

[8] 14:33 Or Wisdom rests quietly in the heart of a man of understanding, but makes itself known in the midst of fools

Footnote from Proverbs 15:4 (Back)

[1] 15:4 Or healing

Footnote from Proverbs 15:7 (Back)

[2] 15:7 Or the hearts of fools are not steadfast

Footnote from Proverbs 15:30 (Back)

[3] 15:30 Hebrew makes fat

Footnote from Proverbs 16:20 (Back)

[1] 16:20 Or to a matter

Footnote from Proverbs 16:25 (Back)

[2] 16:25 Hebrew ways of death

Footnote from Proverbs 16:27 (Back)

[3] 16:27 Hebrew what is on his lips

Footnote from Proverbs 16:30 (Back)

[4] 16:30 Hebrew to plan

Footnote from Proverbs 17:1 (Back)

[1] 17:1 Hebrew sacrifices

Footnote from Proverbs 17:23 (Back)

[2] 17:23 Hebrew a bribe from the bosom

Footnote from Proverbs 18:5 (Back)

[1] 18:5 Hebrew to lift the face of

Footnote from Proverbs 19:2 (Back)

[1] 19:2 Or A soul

Footnote from Proverbs 19:6 (Back)

[2] 19:6 Or of a noble

Footnote from Proverbs 19:7 (Back)

[3] 19:7 The meaning of the Hebrew sentence is uncertain

Footnote from Proverbs 20:1 (Back)

[1] 20:1 Or will not become wise

Footnote from Proverbs 20:10 (Back)

[2] 20:10 Or Two kinds of; also verse 23

Footnote from Proverbs 20:11 (Back)

[3] 20:11 Or Even a child can dissemble in his actions, though his conduct seems pure and upright

Footnote from Proverbs 20:16 (Back)

[4] 20:16 Or for an adulteress (compare 27:13)

Footnote from Proverbs 20:19 (Back)

[5] 20:19 Hebrew with one who is simple in his lips

Footnote from Proverbs 20:27 (Back)

[6] 20:27 Hebrew breath

Footnote from Proverbs 21:4 (Back)

[1] 21:4 Or the plowing

Footnote from Proverbs 21:6 (Back)

[2] 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Latin; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death

Footnote from Proverbs 21:14 (Back)

[3] 21:14 Hebrew a bribe in the bosom

Footnote from Proverbs 21:29 (Back)

[4] 21:29 Or establishes

Footnote from Proverbs 22:4 (Back)

[1] 22:4 Or The reward for humility is the fear of the LORD, riches and honor and life

Footnote from Proverbs 22:9 (Back)

[2] 22:9 Hebrew good

Footnote from Proverbs 22:14 (Back)

[3] 22:14 Hebrew strange

Footnote from Proverbs 23:1 (Back)

[1] 23:1 Or who

Footnote from Proverbs 23:6 (Back)

[2] 23:6 Hebrew whose eye is evil

Footnote from Proverbs 23:7 (Back)

[3] 23:7 Or for as he calculates in his soul, so is he

Footnote from Proverbs 23:16 (Back)

[4] 23:16 Hebrew My kidneys

Footnote from Proverbs 23:20 (Back)

[5] 23:20 Hebrew those who drink too much wine

Footnote from Proverbs 23:26 (Back)

[6] 23:26 Or delight in

Footnote from Proverbs 23:27 (Back)

[7] 23:27 Hebrew a foreign woman

Footnote from Proverbs 23:34 (Back)

[8] 23:34 Or of the rigging

Footnote from Proverbs 23:35 (Back)

[9] 23:35 Hebrew lacks you will say

Footnote from Proverbs 24:9 (Back)

[1] 24:9 Or scheming

Footnote from Proverbs 25:8 (Back)

[1] 25:8 Hebrew or else

Footnote from Proverbs 25:27 (Back)

[2] 25:27 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain

Footnote from Proverbs 26:10 (Back)

[1] 26:10 Or hires a fool or passersby

Footnote from Proverbs 26:23 (Back)

[2] 26:23 By revocalization; Hebrew silver of dross

Footnote from Proverbs 27:9 (Back)

[1] 27:9 Or and so does the sweetness of a friend that comes from his earnest counsel

Footnote from Proverbs 27:13 (Back)

[2] 27:13 Hebrew a foreign woman; a slight emendation yields (compare Vulgate; see also 20:16) foreigners

Footnote from Proverbs 27:16 (Back)

[3] 27:16 Hebrew to meet with

Footnote from Proverbs 27:17 (Back)

[4] 27:17 Hebrew sharpens the face of another

Footnote from Proverbs 28:8 (Back)

[1] 28:8 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor

Footnote from Proverbs 28:17 (Back)

[2] 28:17 Hebrew until the pit

Footnote from Proverbs 28:22 (Back)

[3] 28:22 Hebrew A man whose eye is evil

Footnote from Proverbs 29:4 (Back)

[1] 29:4 Or who taxes heavily

Footnote from Proverbs 29:10 (Back)

[2] 29:10 Or but the upright seek his soul

Footnote from Proverbs 29:18 (Back)

[3] 29:18 Or the people are discouraged

Footnote from Proverbs 29:21 (Back)

[4] 29:21 The meaning of the Hebrew word rendered his heir is uncertain

Footnote from Proverbs 30:1 (Back)

[1] 30:1 Or Jakeh, the man of Massa

Footnote from Proverbs 30:1 (Back)

[2] 30:1 Revocalization; Hebrew The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal

Footnote from Proverbs 30:11 (Back)

[3] 30:11 Hebrew There is a generation; also verses 12, 13, 14

Footnote from Proverbs 30:15 (Back)

[4] 30:15 Or “Give, give,” they cry

Footnote from Proverbs 30:31 (Back)

[5] 30:31 Or the magpie, or the greyhound; Hebrew girt-of-loins

Footnote from Proverbs 30:31 (Back)

[6] 30:31 Or against whom there is no rising up

Footnote from Proverbs 31:2 (Back)

[1] 31:2 Hebrew What, my son?

Footnote from Proverbs 31:6 (Back)

[2] 31:6 Hebrew those bitter in soul

Footnote from Proverbs 31:8 (Back)

[3] 31:8 Hebrew are sons of passing away

Footnote from Proverbs 31:10 (Back)

[4] 31:10 Verses 10–31 are an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet

Footnote from Proverbs 31:17 (Back)

[5] 31:17 Hebrew She girds her loins

Footnote from Proverbs 31:21 (Back)

[6] 31:21 Or in double thickness