Amsal 1:15
Konteks1:15 My child, do not go down 1 their way, 2
withhold yourself 3 from their path; 4
Amsal 3:1
Konteks3:1 My child, 6 do not forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep 7 my commandments,
Amsal 20:22
Konteks20:22 Do not say, 8 “I will pay back 9 evil!”
Wait 10 for the Lord, so that he may vindicate you. 11
Amsal 22:26
Konteks22:26 Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge
or who puts up security for debts.
Amsal 23:22
Konteks23:22 Listen to your father who begot you,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Amsal 25:17
Konteks25:17 Don’t set foot too frequently 12 in your neighbor’s house,
lest he become weary 13 of you and hate you.
[1:15] 1 tn Heb “do not walk.”
[1:15] 2 tn Heb “in the way with them.”
[1:15] 3 tn Heb “your foot.” The term “foot” (רֶגֶל, regel) is a synecdoche of part (= your foot) for the whole person (= yourself).
[1:15] 4 sn The word “path” (נְתִיבָה, nÿtivah) like the word “way” (דֶּרֶךְ, derekh) is used as an idiom (developed from a hypocatastasis), meaning “conduct, course of life.”
[3:1] 5 sn The chapter begins with an introductory exhortation (1-4), followed by an admonition to be faithful to the
[3:1] 6 tn Heb “my son” (likewise in vv. 11, 21).
[3:1] 7 tn The verb יִצֹּר (yitsor) is a Qal jussive and the noun לִבֶּךָ (libbekha, “your heart”) functions as the subject: “let your heart keep my commandments.”
[20:22] 8 tn The verse is directly instructive; it begins with the negated jussive in the first colon, and follows with the imperative in the second. It warns that the righteous should not take vengeance on the wicked, for only God can do that.
[20:22] 9 tn The form is the Piel cohortative of resolve – “I am determined to pay back.” The verb שָׁלֵם (shalem) means “to be complete; to be sound.” In this stem, however, it can mean “to make complete; to make good; to requite; to recompense” (KJV, ASV). The idea is “getting even” by paying back someone for the evil done.
[20:22] 10 sn To “wait” (קַוֵּה, qavveh) on the
[20:22] 11 tn After the imperative, the jussive is subordinated in a purpose or result clause: “wait for the
[25:17] 12 tn Heb “make your foot rare.” The verb is הֹקַר (hoqar), the Hiphil imperative of יָקַר (yaqar, “to be rare; to be precious”). To “make one’s foot rare” would mean to keep the visits to a minimum as well as making them valuable – things increase in value, according to the nuances of this word, when they are rare.
[25:17] 13 tn Heb “gets full.” This verb means “to be sated; to be satisfied; to be filled.” It is often used with reference to food, but here it refers to frequent visits that wear out one’s welcome (cf. NLT).