Text -- Proverbs 19:29 (NET)

19:29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 19:29

¹ tc Some (cf. NAB) suggest emending the MT’s “judgments” (from שָׁפַט, shafat) to “rods” (from שָׁבַט, shavat); however, this is not necessary if the term in the MT is interpreted figuratively. The LXX “scourges” might reflect a different Vorlage, but it also could have been an interpretive translation from the same text. “Judgments” is a metonymy of cause and refers to the punishment that the scoffer is to receive.