
Text -- Proverbs 28:17 (NET)




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That sheddeth any man's blood.

None should desire or endeavour to save him from his deserved punishment.
Or, that is oppressed by the blood of life (Gen 9:6), which he has taken.
Clarke -> Pro 28:17
Clarke: Pro 28:17 - -- That doeth violence to the blood - He who either slays the innocent, or procures his destruction, may flee to hide himself: but let none give him pr...
That doeth violence to the blood - He who either slays the innocent, or procures his destruction, may flee to hide himself: but let none give him protection. The law demands his life, because he is a murderer; and let none deprive justice of its claim. Murder is the most horrid crime in the sight of God and man; it scarcely ever goes unpunished, and is universally execrated.
TSK -> Pro 28:17

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Barnes -> Pro 28:17
Barnes: Pro 28:17 - -- The case of willful murder, not the lesser crime of manslaughter for which the cities of refuge were appointed. One, with that guilt on his soul, is...
The case of willful murder, not the lesser crime of manslaughter for which the cities of refuge were appointed. One, with that guilt on his soul, is simply hasting on to his own destruction. Those who see him must simply stand aloof, and let God’ s judgments fulfill themselves.
Poole -> Pro 28:17
Poole: Pro 28:17 - -- A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person that sheddeth any man’ s blood, or taketh away his life unjustly,
shall flee to the pit s...
A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person that sheddeth any man’ s blood, or taketh away his life unjustly,
shall flee to the pit shall speedily be destroyed, being pursued by Divine vengeance, and the horrors of a guilty conscience, and the avengers of blood.
Let no man stay him: so it is a prohibition that no man should endeavour to save the life of a wilful murderer, either by intercession, or by offering satisfaction, or any other way; of which see Gen 9:6 Exo 21:14 Num 35:31 . Or, as the ancient and many other interpreters render it, no man shall stay him ; none shall desire or endeavour to save him from his deserved punishment; he shall die without pity, being an object of public hatred.
Gill -> Pro 28:17
Gill: Pro 28:17 - -- A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person,.... That sheds the blood of any in a violent manner; that lays violent hands upon a club, and t...
A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person,.... That sheds the blood of any in a violent manner; that lays violent hands upon a club, and takes away his life, contrary to the law in Gen 9:6. Or, "that is pressed because of the blood of any person" q; pressed in his own mind; filled with horror, and tortured in his conscience, for the innocent blood he has shed: the letter "daleth" in the word "Adam" is lesser than usual; and Vitringa, on Isa 34:6; observes, that it signifies a man red with blood, oppressed in his conscience, and depressed by God, which this minute letter is a symbol of; and thinks it applicable to Edom or Rome: or it signifies one pressed, pursued, and dose followed by the avenger of blood;
shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him; support or help him. When such a murderer flees, and is pursued, and unawares falls into a pit, or is like to do so, let no man warn him of it, or help him out of it; or if he flees to a pit to hide himself, let no man hold him or detain him there, or suffer him to continue in such a lurking place, but discover him or pluck him out; or, if he is a fugitive and a vagabond all his days, as Cain, the murderer of his brother, was, till he comes to the pit of the grave, let no man yield him any support or sustenance.

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NET Notes: Pro 28:17 The verse is cryptic; it simply says that he will “flee to the pit.” Some have taken the “pit” to refer to the place of detent...
Geneva Bible -> Pro 28:17
Geneva Bible: Pro 28:17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person shall flee to the pit; let no man ( i ) sustain him.
( i ) No one will be able to deliver him....

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TSK Synopsis -> Pro 28:1-28
MHCC -> Pro 28:17
MHCC: Pro 28:17 - --The murderer shall be haunted with terrors. None shall desire to save him from deserved punishment, nor pity him.
Matthew Henry -> Pro 28:17
Matthew Henry: Pro 28:17 - -- This agrees with that ancient law, Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed (Gen 9:6), and proclaims, 1. The doom of the shedder...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Pro 28:17
Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 28:17 - --
17 A man burdened with the guilt of blood upon his soul
Fleeth to the pit; let no one detain him.
Luther translates: "A man that doeth violence to...
Constable -> Pro 25:1--29:27; Pro 28:1--29:27
Constable: Pro 25:1--29:27 - --IV. MAXIMS EXPRESSING WISDOM chs. 25--29
We return now to the proverbs of Solomon (cf. 1:1-22:16). Chapters 25-2...
