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Proverbs 17:24

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17:24 Wisdom is directly in front of 1  the discerning person,

but the eyes of a fool run 2  to the ends of the earth. 3 

Proverbs 27:20

Context

27:20 As 4  Death and Destruction are never satisfied, 5 

so the eyes of a person 6  are never satisfied. 7 

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[17:24]  1 tn The verse begins with אֶת־פְּנֵי מֵבִין (’et-pÿni mevin), “before the discerning” or “the face of the discerning.” The particle אֶת here is simply drawing emphasis to the predicate (IBHS 182-83 §10.3.2b). Cf. NIV “A discerning man keeps wisdom in view.”

[17:24]  2 tn The term “run” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for the sake of clarification.

[17:24]  3 sn To say that “the eyes of the fool run to the ends of the earth” means that he has no power to concentrate and cannot focus his attention on anything. The language is hyperbolic. Cf. NCV “the mind of a fool wanders everywhere.”

[27:20]  4 tn The term “as” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation in light of the analogy.

[27:20]  5 sn Countless generations of people have gone into the world below; yet “death” is never satisfied – it always takes more. The line personifies Death and Destruction. It forms the emblem in the parallelism.

[27:20]  6 tn Heb “eyes of a man.” This expression refers to the desires – what the individual looks longingly on. Ecclesiastes Rabbah 1:34 (one of the rabbinic Midrashim) says, “No man dies and has one-half of what he wanted.”

[27:20]  7 tc The LXX contains a scribal addition: “He who fixes his eye is an abomination to the Lord, and the uninstructed do not restrain their tongues.” This is unlikely to be original.



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