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Selected Verse: Proverbs 21:16 - Amplified Bible©

Verse	Translation	Text
Pr 21:16	Amplified Bible©	A man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall abide in the congregation of the spirits (of the dead).
	King James	The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
the way of understanding--(Compare Pro 12:26; Pro 14:22). remain--that is, rest as at a journey's end; death will be his unchanging home.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

the way of understanding--(Compare Pro 12:26; Pro 14:22).

remain--that is, rest as at a journey's end; death will be his unchanging home.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
congregation of the dead - The Rephaim (compare the Pro 2:18 note). Remain - i. e., "He shall find a resting place, but it shall be in Hades."

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

congregation of the dead - The Rephaim (compare the Pro 2:18 note).

Remain - i. e., "He shall find a resting place, but it shall be in Hades."

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
16 A man who wanders from the way of understanding, Shall dwell in the assembly of the dead. Regarding השׂכּל, vid., Pro 1:3; and regarding רפאים, Pro 2:18. The verb נוּח means to repose, to take rest, Job 3:13, and to dwell anywhere, Pro 14:33; but originally like (Arab.) nâkh and hadd, to lay oneself down anywhere, and there to come to rest; and that is the idea which is here connected with ינוּח, for the figurative description of יאבד or ימוּת is formed after the designation of the subject, 16a: he who, forsaking the way of understanding, walks in the way of error, at length comes to the assembly of the dead; for every motion has an end, and every journey a goal, whether it be one that is self-appointed or which is appointed for him. Here also it is intimated that the way of the soul which loves wisdom and follows her goes in another direction than earthwards down into hades; hades and death, its background appear here as punishments, and it is true that as such one may escape them.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

16 A man who wanders from the way of understanding,

Shall dwell in the assembly of the dead.

Regarding השׂכּל, vid., Pro 1:3; and regarding רפאים, Pro 2:18. The verb נוּח means to repose, to take rest, Job 3:13, and to dwell anywhere, Pro 14:33; but originally like (Arab.) nâkh and hadd, to lay oneself down anywhere, and there to come to rest; and that is the idea which is here connected with ינוּח, for the figurative description of יאבד or ימוּת is formed after the designation of the subject, 16a: he who, forsaking the way of understanding, walks in the way of error, at length comes to the assembly of the dead; for every motion has an end, and every journey a goal, whether it be one that is self-appointed or which is appointed for him. Here also it is intimated that the way of the soul which loves wisdom and follows her goes in another direction than earthwards down into hades; hades and death, its background appear here as punishments, and it is true that as such one may escape them.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Shall remain - Shall, without repentance, be condemned to eternal death.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Shall remain - Shall, without repentance, be condemned to eternal death.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The man once enlightened, that wandereth out of the way of understanding, in which he had walked, shall remain - have a permanent residence - in the congregation of the dead; רפאים rephaim, the lost; either separate spirits in general, or rather the assembly of separate spirits, which had fallen from primitive rectitude; and shall not be restored to the Divine favor; particularly those sinners who were destroyed by the deluge. This passage intimates that those called rephaim are in a state of conscious existence. It is difficult to assign the true meaning of the word in several places where it occurs: but it seems to mean the state of separate spirits, i.e., of those separated from their bodies, and awaiting the judgment of the great day: but the congregation may also include the fallen angels. My old MS. Bible translates, The man that errith fro the wei of doctrine, in the felowschip of geantis schal wonnen.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

The man once enlightened, that wandereth out of the way of understanding, in which he had walked, shall remain - have a permanent residence - in the congregation of the dead; רפאים rephaim, the lost; either separate spirits in general, or rather the assembly of separate spirits, which had fallen from primitive rectitude; and shall not be restored to the Divine favor; particularly those sinners who were destroyed by the deluge. This passage intimates that those called rephaim are in a state of conscious existence. It is difficult to assign the true meaning of the word in several places where it occurs: but it seems to mean the state of separate spirits, i.e., of those separated from their bodies, and awaiting the judgment of the great day: but the congregation may also include the fallen angels. My old MS. Bible translates, The man that errith fro the wei of doctrine, in the felowschip of geantis schal wonnen.

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