14:2 The one who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord, 1
but the one who is perverted in his ways 2 despises him.
31:30 Charm is deceitful 3 and beauty is fleeting, 4
but a woman who fears the Lord 5 will be praised.
1 tn Heb “fear of the
2 tn Heb “crooked of ways”; NRSV “devious in conduct.” This construct phrase features a genitive of specification: “crooked in reference to his ways.” The term “ways” is an idiom for moral conduct. The evidence that people fear the
3 tn The first word of the twenty-first line begins with שׁ (shin), the twenty-first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The graphic distinction between שׁ (shin) and שׂ (sin) had not been made at the time the book of Proverbs was written; that graphic distinction was introduced by the Masoretes, ca.
4 sn The verse shows that “charm” and “beauty” do not endure as do those qualities that the fear of the
5 sn This chapter describes the wise woman as fearing the