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Selected Verse: Proverbs 13:25 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Pr 13:25 |
Strong Concordance |
The righteous [06662] eateth [0398] to the satisfying [07648] of his soul [05315]: but the belly [0990] of the wicked [07563] shall want [02637]. |
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King James |
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
The comparative temporal prosperity of the righteous and wicked, rather than contentment and discontent, is noted. |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
25 The righteous has to eat to the satisfying of his soul;
But the body of the godless must suffer want.
Jerome translates תחסר freely by insaturabilis (he has want = has never enough), but in that case we would have expected תחסר תּמיד; also in 25a עד־שׂבע would have been used. We have thus before us no commendation of temperance and moderation in contrast to gluttony, but a statement regarding the diversity of fortune of the righteous and the godless - another way of clothing the idea of Pro 10:3. שׂבע is a segolate form, thus an infin. formation, formally different from the similar שׂבע, Pro 3:10. Regarding בּטן, vid., Psychol. p. 265f.; it is a nobler word than "Bauch" [belly], for it denotes not the external arch, but, like κοιλία (R. בט, concavus), the inner body, here like Pro 18:20, as that which receives the nourishment and changes it in succum et sanguinem. That God richly nourishes the righteous, and on the contrary brings the godless to want and misery, is indeed a rule with many exceptions, but understood in the light of the N.T., it has deep inward everlasting truth. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
To the satisfying of his soul - His desires are all moderate; he is contented with his circumstances, and is pleased with the lot which God is pleased to send. The wicked, though he use all shifts and expedients to acquire earthly good, not sticking even at rapine and wrong, is frequently in real want, and always dissatisfied with his portion. A contented mind is a continual feast. At such feasts he eats not. |
20 A man's [0376] belly [0990] shall be satisfied [07646] with the fruit [06529] of his mouth [06310]; and with the increase [08393] of his lips [08193] shall he be filled [07646].
10 So shall thy barns [0618] be filled [04390] with plenty [07647], and thy presses [03342] shall burst out [06555] with new wine [08492].
3 The LORD [03068] will not suffer [07456] the soul [05315] of the righteous [06662] to famish [07456]: but he casteth away [01920] the substance [01942] of the wicked [07563].