1:2 instruction; (i-5) 'Wisdom' here and in ver. 7 is chokmah . 'Instruction' means also, 'correction,' 'warning,' 'discipline,' Job 36:10 .
20:3 cease (k-9) Or 'keep away.'
20:6 kindness; (l-9) Chesed , or 'benevolence.' see ch. 19.22.
20:7 children (a-10) Or 'The righteous who walketh ... blessed shall be ...'
20:10 measures, (b-4) Lit. 'A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah.'
20:15 Jewel. (c-17) Or 'vessel.'
20:16 strangers. (d-16) Some read 'the strange woman,' conforming this passage to ch. 27.13.
20:20 blackest (e-16) Lit. 'the eyeball of.' see ch. 7.9.
20:21 hastily (f-4) Others read 'wrongly acquired.'
20:23 weights (g-2) See ver. 10.
20:24 man (h-5) Geber . see Job 3:3 .
20:25 hallowed, (i-13) Or 'to appropriate to himself a holy thing.'
20:27 belly. (k-15) As ch. 18.8.
20:28 Mercy (l-1) mercy. (l-13) Or 'kindness,' 'bounty;' chesed , and so ch. 21.21.
20:30 belly. (k-14) As ch. 18.8.
Introduction
1:2 instruction; (i-5) 'Wisdom' here and in ver. 7 is chokmah . 'Instruction' means also, 'correction,' 'warning,' 'discipline,' Job 36:10 .
Verse 3
20:3 cease (k-9) Or 'keep away.'
Verse 6
20:6 kindness; (l-9) Chesed , or 'benevolence.' see ch. 19.22.
Verse 7
20:7 children (a-10) Or 'The righteous who walketh ... blessed shall be ...'
Verse 10
20:10 measures, (b-4) Lit. 'A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah.'
Verse 15
20:15 Jewel. (c-17) Or 'vessel.'
Verse 16
20:16 strangers. (d-16) Some read 'the strange woman,' conforming this passage to ch. 27.13.
Verse 20
20:20 blackest (e-16) Lit. 'the eyeball of.' see ch. 7.9.
Verse 21
20:21 hastily (f-4) Others read 'wrongly acquired.'
Verse 23
20:23 weights (g-2) See ver. 10.
Verse 24
20:24 man (h-5) Geber . see Job 3:3 .
Verse 25
20:25 hallowed, (i-13) Or 'to appropriate to himself a holy thing.'
Verse 27
20:27 belly. (k-15) As ch. 18.8.
Verse 28
20:28 Mercy (l-1) mercy. (l-13) Or 'kindness,' 'bounty;' chesed , and so ch. 21.21.
Verse 30
20:30 belly. (k-14) As ch. 18.8.