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Proverbs 20:3

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20:3 It is an honor for a person 1  to cease 2  from strife,

but every fool quarrels. 3 

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[20:3]  1 tn Heb “man.”

[20:3]  2 tn Heb “cessation” (שֶׁבֶת, shevet); NAB “to shun strife”; NRSV “refrain from strife.”

[20:3]  3 tn Heb “breaks out.” The Hitpael of the verb גָּלַע (gala’, “to expose; to lay bare”) means “to break out; to disclose oneself,” and so the idea of flaring up in a quarrel is clear. But there are also cognate connections to the idea of “showing the teeth; snarling” and so quarreling viciously.



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