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Guile
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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gı̄l ( מרמה , mirmāh ; δόλος , dólos ): "Guile" is twice the translation of mirmāh , "fraud," "deceit" ( Psalm 34:13 , "Keep ... thy lips from speaking guile"; Psalm 55:11 , "deceit and guile," the Revised Version (British and American) "oppression (margin "fraud") and guile"); once of ‛ormāh , "craftiness," "guile" (Exodus 21:14 ); once of remı̄yāh , "deception," "fraud" (Psalm 32:2 , "in whose spirit there is no guile"); in the New Testament of dolos , "bait," hence, generally, "fraud," "guile," "deceit"; Septuagint for mirmāh (Isaiah 53:9 , English Versions of the Bible "deceit") and for remı̄yāh (Job 13:7 , English Versions of the Bible "deceitfully"; John 1:47; 2 Corinthians 12:16 , "Being crafty, I caught you with guile"; 1 Thessalonians 2:3; 1 Peter 2:1; 1 Peter 2:22; 1 Peter 3:10 , quoted from Psalm 34:13; Revelation 14:5 , "In their mouth was found no guile," the Revised Version (British and American) after corrected text, "no lie").
Paul's words in 2 Corinthians 12:16 have sometimes been quoted in justification of "guile" in religious work, etc.; but he is not describing his actual procedure; but that which the Corinthians might have attributed to him; the lips of the Christian must be kept free from all guile ( Psalm 34:13; 1 Peter 2:1 , etc.; The Wisdom of Solomon 1:5 "A holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit" (dolos ), the Revised Version (British and American) "A holy spirit"). "Guile" does not appear in Apocrypha; dolos is frequently rendered "deceit."
The Revised Version (British and American) has "guile" for "subtilty" (Genesis 27:35; Acts 13:10 ); "cover itself with guile" for "is covered by deceit" (Proverbs 26:26 ); "with guile" for "deceitfully" (Genesis 34:13 ); "spiritual milk which is without guile" for "sincere milk of the word," the English Revised Version, margin "reasonable," the American Revised Version, margin, Greek "belonging to the reason" (compare Romans 12:1; 1 Peter 2:2 ); "guileless" for "harmless" (Hebrews 7:26 ).
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Guile'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/g/guile.html. 1915.
