Proverbs 19:11

A person’s wisdom ¹  makes him slow to anger, ²  and it is his glory ³  to overlook ⁴  an offense.

biblegateway Pro 19:11

A man’s wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offence.

biblegateway Pro 19:11

A man’s discretion makes him slow to anger, And it is his glory to overlook a transgression.

biblegateway Pro 19:11

People with good sense restrain their anger; they earn esteem by overlooking wrongs.

biblegateway Pro 19:11

Smart people know how to hold their tongue; their grandeur is to forgive and forget.

SABDAweb Pro 19:11

A man’s good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

bibleoremus Pro 19:11

Those with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.

biblegateway Pro 19:11

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, And his glory is to overlook a transgression.

biblegateway Pro 19:11

A person’s wisdom ¹  makes him slow to anger, ²  and it is his glory ³  to overlook ⁴  an offense.

¹ tn Or “prudence,” the successful use of wisdom in discretion. Cf. NAB, NRSV, NLT “good sense.”

² tn The Hiphil perfect of אָרַךְ (’arakh, “to be long”) means “to make long; to prolong.” Patience and slowness to anger lead to forgiveness of sins.

³ sn “Glory” signifies the idea of beauty or adornment. D. Kidner explains that such patience “brings out here the glowing colours of a virtue which in practice may look drably unassertive” (Proverbs [TOTC], 133).

⁴ tn Heb “to pass over” (so KJV, ASV); NCV, TEV “ignore.” The infinitive construct עֲבֹר (’avor) functions as the formal subject of the sentence. This clause provides the cause, whereas the former gave the effect – if one can pass over an offense there will be no anger.

⁴ sn W. McKane says, “The virtue which is indicated here is more than a forgiving temper; it includes also the ability to shrug off insults and the absence of a brooding hypersensitivity…. It contains elements of toughness and self-discipline; it is the capacity to stifle a hot, emotional rejoinder and to sleep on an insult” (Proverbs [OTL], 530).