John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 20:1-30
1. Raging] RV ’a brawler.’ Is deceived] RM ’reeleth.’ It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about. 2. Fear] the ’terror’ which he causes. Soul] RV ’life.’4. Read, ’In the autumn.. therefore when he seeketh,’ etc.: the first season begins about October, the second about April. 5. A clever cross-questioner elicits one’s plans. 8. Scattereth away] RM ’winnoweth’ (1 Kings 3:28).9. ’What mortal when he saw,Life’s voyage done, his heavenly Friend,Could ever yet dare tell Him fearlessly:“I have kept... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 20:26
26. (Compare :-). bringeth . . . over them—The wheel was used for threshing grain. The figure denotes severity (compare Amos 1:3). read more