Verse 24
A man. A special various reading called sevir reads yesh, instead of ish , which means "there is", or "there are "instead of "a man". It occurs three times: here, 2 Samuel 14:19 , and Micah 6:10 .
friends. Hebrew. re'im = feeders, from ra'ah to feed (Psalms 23:1 , shepherd).
must shew himself friendly = who break in pieces. Hebrew. Hithipolel of ra'a' ( App-44 .)
there is. Hebrew. yesh, as in preceding line.
a friend = a lover (who loves "without cause"). Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia ( App-6 ) in these words, which may be thus represented in English: "There are friends who rend us, But there is a lover who is closer than a brother. "
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