Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 3:16
16. Right hand… left hand Wisdom is here represented as dispensing her blessings with both hands, that is, abundantly. Some of the older commentators, and also some of the later, think that the blessings of the right hand have the precedence in value. “It was but just,” says Patrick, “to place length of days in her right hand; that is, to give it the precedence, because it was the chief promise of the law, and, indeed, the most desirable of earthly blessings, without which nothing can be... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 3:15
15. Rubies Original word uncertain; pearls, red corals, or some kind of precious stones. Some think the magnet or loadstone intended. Things thou canst desire Or, desirable things, delights; that is, jewels, so much sought after in the East for the adornment of both sexes. read more