Parallel Verses English Standard Version A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver. King James Bible A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. American Standard Version A word fitly spoken Is like apples of gold in network of silver. Douay-Rheims Bible To speak a word in due time, is like apples of gold on beds of silver. English Revised Version A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in baskets of silver. Webster's Bible Translation A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. Proverbs 25:11 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentThere now follows an emblematic (vid., vol. i. p. 10) tetrastich: 4 Take away the dross from silver, So there is ready a vessel for the goldsmith; 5 Take away the wicked from the king, And his throne is established by righteousness. The form הגו (cf. the inf. Poal הגו, Isaiah 59:13) is regarded by Schultens as showing a ground-form הגו; but there is also found e.g., עשׂו, whose ground-form is עשׂי; the verb הגה, R. הג (whence Arab. hajr, discedere), cf. יגה (whence הגה, semovit, 2 Samuel 20:13 equals Syr. âwagy, cf. Arab. âwjay, to withhold, to abstain from), signifies to separate, withdraw; here, of the separation of the סיגים, the refuse, i.e., the dross (vid., regarding the plena scriptio, Baer's krit. Ausg. des Jesaia, under Proverbs 1:22); the goldsmith is designated by the word צרף, from צרף morf, to turn, change, as he who changes the as yet drossy metal by means of smelting, or by purification in water, into that which is pure. In 5a הגה is, as at Isaiah 27:8, transferred to a process of moral purification; what kind of persons are to be removed from the neighbourhood of the king is shown by Isaiah 1:22-23. Here also (as at Isa. l.c.) the emblem or figure of Proverbs 25:4 is followed in Proverbs 25:5 by its moral antitype aimed at. The punctuation of both verses is wonderfully fine and excellent. In Proverbs 25:4, ויצא is not pointed ויצא, but as the consecutive modus ויּצא; this first part of the proverb refers to a well-known process of art: the dross is separated from the silver (inf. absol., as Proverbs 12:7; Proverbs 15:22), and so a vessel (utensil) proceeds from the goldsmith, for he manufactures pure silver; the ל is here similarly used as the designation of the subject in the passive, Proverbs 13:13; Proverbs 14:20. In Proverbs 25:5, on the contrary, ויּכּון (ויּכּן) is not the punctuation used, but the word is pointed indicatively ויכּון; this second part of the proverb expresses a moral demand (inf. absol. in the sense of the imperative, Gesen. 131, 4b like Proverbs 17:12, or an optative or concessive conjunction): let the godless be removed, לפני מלך, i.e., not from the neighbourhood of the king, for which the words are מלּפני מלך; also not those standing before the king, i.e., in his closest neighbourhood (Ewald, Bertheau); but since, in the absolute, הגה, not an act of another in the interest of the king, but of the king himself, is thought of: let the godless be removed from before the king, i.e., because he administers justice (Hitzig), or more generally: because after that Psalm (101), which is the "mirror of princes," he does not suffer him to come into his presence. Accordingly, the punctuation is בּצּדק, not בּצדק (Proverbs 16:12); because such righteousness is meant as separates the רשׁע from it and itself from him, as Isaiah 16:5 (vid., Hitzig), where the punctuation of בּחסד denotes that favour towards Moab seeking protection. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge word Proverbs 24:26 Every man shall kiss his lips that gives a right answer. fitly spoken or 'is like golden apples of silver or a word spoken with propriety, opportunely and suitably to the occasion, is as much in its place and as conspicuously beautiful as the golden fruit which appears through the apertures of an exquisitely wrought silver basket. Cross References Matthew 12:35 The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. Proverbs 15:23 To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is! Proverbs 25:10 lest he who hears you bring shame upon you, and your ill repute have no end. Jump to Previous Apples Circumstances Fit Fitly Gold Imagery Network Pictures Right Season Setting Settings Silver Time Times WordJump to Next Apples Circumstances Fit Fitly Gold Imagery Network Pictures Right Season Setting Settings Silver Time Times WordLinks Proverbs 25:11 NIVProverbs 25:11 NLT Proverbs 25:11 ESV Proverbs 25:11 NASB Proverbs 25:11 KJV Proverbs 25:11 Bible Apps Proverbs 25:11 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 25:11 Chinese Bible Proverbs 25:11 French Bible Proverbs 25:11 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |