Text -- Proverbs 3:29 (NET)

3:29 Do not plot evil against your neighbor when he dwells by you unsuspectingly.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 3:29

¹ sn The verb חָרַשׁ (kharash) means “to cut in; to engrave; to plough; to devise.” The idea of plotting is metaphorical for working, practicing or fabricating (BDB 360 s.v.).

² tn The vav (ו) prefixed to the pronoun introduces a disjunctive circumstantial clause: “when….”