Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 27:26
The lambs are for thy clothing - So many fleeces are given in some places as rent to the landlord. read more
Proverbs-27:15-27
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 27:27
Goats' milk enough for thy food - ללחמך lelachmecha , "to thy bread;" for they ate the bread and supped the milk to assist mastication, and help deglutition. And it seems that bread, with goats' milk, was the general article of food for the master and his family; and for the servant maids who assisted in the household work, and performed the operations required in the dairy. The reader who wishes to see these maxims detailed and illustrated at large, may consult the writers De Re... 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
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 27:16
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind. Whoever tries to restrain a shrewish woman, or to conceal her faults, might as well attempt to confine the wind or to check its violence. And the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself . He might as well try to hide the ointment which signifies its presence by its odour. But there is no "which" in the original, which runs literally, "his right hand calls oil," or, "oil meets his right hand." The former is supposed to mean that he is hurt in... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 27:17
Iron sharpeneth iron. The proverb deals with the influence which men have upon one another. So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. So the Vulgate, Homo exacuit faciem amici sui . The action of the file is probably meant ( 1 Samuel 13:21 ); and the writer names iron as the sharpener rather than the whetstone, because he wishes to denote that one man is of the same nature as another, and that this identity is that which makes mutual action possible and advantageous. Some... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 27:25
The hay appeareth - Take care that this be timeously mown, carefully dried and safely ricked or housed. And when the tender grass and the proper herbs appear in the mountains in the spring, then send forth the lambs, the young of the flock, that they may get suitable pasturage, without too much impoverishing the home fields; for by the sale of the lambs and goats, the price of the field is paid - all the landlord's demands are discharged. Either a certain number of lambs, goats, and other... read more