” As a child I could never understand how that was even possible, but as a parent it makes complete sense. As challenging as disciplining your child can be, this is part of the responsibility of being a parent and it is what we are called to do. There is a verse...
I explained. “Look,” I said, “Your management team has wasted their efforts for years trying to get this person to perform. There is a well-documented track record of a bad attitude, poor performance, and an unwillingness to do any more than the very least that is required to avoid ...
Verse 30. - The meaning of the precept in this verse is clear. We are nat to strive or quarrel with a man unless he has first given us offence. So Le Clerc, "Nisi injuria prior lacessiverit." The admonition is directed against those who, from spite, jealousy, or other reasons, "...
Proverbs 30:13 tn Heb“its eyelids are lifted up,” a gesture indicating arrogance and contempt or disdain for others. To make this clear, the present translation supplies the adverb “disdainfully” at the end of the verse.sn The verbs “to be high” (translated “are…lofty”) and “to...
Proverbs 1:22 tn The words “how long” appear in the first line of the verse and are understood by implication in each line. English style requires repeating the question words because of the changing of the tense of the verbs in the three lines. Proverbs 1:22 sn The term לֵצ...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionLong life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.New Living TranslationShe offers you long life in her right hand, and riches and honor in her left.English Standard VersionLong life is in her right hand; in her left...
13-20 or (2) “wisdom and discretion” in the second colon of this verse. Several English versions transpose the terms “wisdom and discretion” from the second colon into the first colon for the sake of clarity and smoothness (e.g., RSV, NRSV, NIV, TEV, CEV). NIV takes the subject...
Verse 18.-Chasten thy son while there is hope;or.seeingthat there is hope.Being still young and impressionable, and not confirmed in bad habits, he may be reformed by judicious chastisement. The same expression occurs inJob 11:18;Jeremiah 31:16. "For so he shall be well hoped of" (ε...
13.The wicked is snared] Rather: In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man, R.V. text; comp. A.V. marg., and for the sentiment,Proverbs 18:7. This is preferable to the rendering of R.V. marg.,an evil snare, because it preserves the balance of the verse: ...
Proverbs 30:13 tn Heb“its eyelids are lifted up,” a gesture indicating arrogance and contempt or disdain for others. To make this clear, the present translation supplies the adverb “disdainfully” at the end of the verse.sn The verbs “to be high” (translated “are…lofty”) and “to...