1 Kings 12:10-11
said .... Say ........ said ............... Say <0559 01696> [Thus shalt thou.]
harsher <06995 05666> [My little finger.]
A proverbial mode of expression: "My little finger is thicker than my father's thigh." As much as the thigh surpasses the little finger in thickness, so much does my power exceed that of my father; and the use I shall make of it to oppress and tax you shall be in proportion.
make ... even heavier <03254> [I will add.]
punished ........ punish <03256> [but I will chastise.]
Should you rebel or become disaffected, my father's whip shall be a scorpion in my hand. His was chastisement, mine shall be punishment. Celsius and Hiller conjecture that {Æ’krabbim} denotes a thorny kind of shrub, whose prickles are of a venomous nature, called by the Arabs scorpion thorns, from the exquisite pain which they inflict. But the Chaldee renders it {margenin,} and the Syriac {moragyai,} i.e., [maragnai,] scourges; and in the parallel place of Chronicles the Arabic has {saut,} a scourge. Isidore, and after him Calmet and others, assert that the scorpion was a sort of severe whip, the lashes of which were armed with knots or points that sunk into and tore the flesh.
whips that really sting your flesh <06137> [scorpions.]
Proverbs 10:14
store up <06845> [lay.]
speech <06310> [the mouth.]
Proverbs 13:16
shrewd <06175> [prudent.]
fool <03684> [a fool.]
displays <06566> [layeth. Heb. spreadeth.]
Proverbs 14:16
cautious <03373> [feareth.]
fool <03684> [the fool.]
Proverbs 18:6-7
[fools.]
mouth <06310> [his.]
ruin <04288> [his destruction.]
lips <08193> [his lips.]
Proverbs 28:25
greedy <07342> [that is.]
trusts <0982> [he that putteth.]
prosper <01878> [made.]
Proverbs 29:23
person's <0120> [man's.]
honor <03519> [honour.]
