Proverbs 27:15-16

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 27:15-16

Here, as before, Solomon laments the case of him that has a peevish passionate wife, that is continually chiding, and making herself and all about her uneasy. 1. It is a grievance that there is no avoiding, for it is like a continual dropping in a very rainy day. The contentions of a neighbour may be like a sharp shower, troublesome for the time, yet, while it lasts, one may take shelter; but the contentions of a wife are like a constant soaking rain, for which there is no remedy but patience... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 27:15

A continual dropping in a very rainy day ,.... That is, through the roof of a house which is not well covered, or which lets in rain by one means or another; so that in a thorough rainy day it keeps continually dropping, to the great annoyance of those within, and which is very uncomfortable to them: it is observed F7 David de Pomis, Lexic. fol. 107. 3. that rain is called by the name in the text, because a man is shut up under a roof falls; and continuing long he is shut up within... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 27:16

Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind ,.... Whoever attempts to stop her brawls and contentions, to repress and restrain them, and hinder her voice being heard in the streets, and endeavours to hide the shame that comes upon herself and family, attempts a thing as impossible as to hide the wind in the palm of a man's hand, or to stop it from blowing; for as that, by being restrained or pent up by any methods that can be used, makes the greater noise, so, by all the means that are used to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 27:15

A continual dropping - See Proverbs 19:13 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 27:16

Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind - You may as well attempt to repress the blowing of the wind, as the tongue of a scold; and to conceal this unfortunate propensity of a wife is as impossible as to hush the storm, and prevent its sound from being heard. The ointment of his right hand - You can no more conceal such a woman's conduct, than you can the smell of the aromatic oil with which your hand has been anointed. The Hebrew is very obscure, and is variously translated. Coverdale... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 27:2-21

The praise of man How far we should go in praising others, and in what spirit we should accept their praise, is a matter of no small importance in the conduct of life. I. THE DUTY OF PRAISING OTHERS . "Let another man praise thee" can hardly be said to be imperative so far as he is concerned. But it suggests the propriety of another man speaking in words of commendation. And the duty of praising those who have done well is a much-forgotten and neglected virtue. I. It is the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 27:5-19

Four services of friendship (And see homily on "Friendship," Proverbs 13:20 .) We have suggested in the nineteenth verse two conditions of friendship: There can be no true friendship where one heart does not answer to another as the face reflected from a mirror answers to that which is before it. Men must be like minded in their principles and sympathies; and they must be sensitive enough to feel with one another and to give back the thoughts which are expressed by one or the other,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 27:15

The single line of the second clause of Proverbs 19:13 is here formed into a distich. A continual dropping in a very rainy day. "A day of violent rain," סַגְרִיר ( sagrir ), which word occurs nowhere else in the Old Testament. And a contentious woman are alike. The word rendered "are alike" ( נִשְׁתָּוָה ) is usually taken to be the third perf. nithp. from שׁיה ; but the best established reading, according to Hitzig, Delitzsch, and Nowack, is נִשְׁתָּוָה , which is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 27:15-16

Proverbs 27:15 and Proverbs 27:16 form a tetrastich on the subject of the termagant wife. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 27:15-16

The quarrelsome wife She is compared to the continual dropping of a shower; and the attempt to restrain her is like seeking to fetter the wind or to grasp at oil. I. THE MONOTONY OF ILL TEMPER . It persists in one mood, and dyes all it touches with one colour, and that a dismal one. II. THE CORRODING EFFECT UPON OTHERS ' MINDS . Fine tempers cannot resist this perpetual wear and tear; the most buoyant spirits may be in time depressed by this dead weight. ... read more

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