Similitudes, Instructions
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As the heavens for height and the earth for depth,
So the heart of kings is unsearchable.
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6 So the heart of kings is unsearchable.
Do not claim honor in the presence of the king,
And do not stand in the place of great men;
7 And do not stand in the place of great men;
For (H)it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,”
Than for you to be placed lower in the presence of the prince,
Whom your eyes have seen.
Than for you to be placed lower in the presence of the prince,
Whom your eyes have seen.
Footnotes:
a.
Proverbs 25:8: ['Lit ', contend]
b.
Proverbs 25:8: ['Lit ', Lest]
c.
Proverbs 25:8: ['Lit ', its]
d.
Proverbs 25:9: ['Lit ', Contend]
e.
Proverbs 25:10: ['Lit ', return]
f.
Proverbs 25:11: ['Lit ', its]
g.
Proverbs 25:12: ['Or ', a nose ring]
h.
Proverbs 25:13: ['Lit ', day]
i.
Proverbs 25:14: ['Lit ', in a gift of falsehood]
j.
Proverbs 25:15: ['Lit ', length of anger]
k.
Proverbs 25:16: ['Lit ', your sufficiency]
l.
Proverbs 25:17: ['Lit ', surfeited with]
m.
Proverbs 25:19: ['Lit ', a slipping foot]
n.
Proverbs 25:20: ['I.e. natron']
o.
Proverbs 25:20: ['Lit ', an evil]
p.
Proverbs 25:21: ['Lit ', one who hates you]
q.
Proverbs 25:22: ['Lit ', snatch up]
r.
Proverbs 25:23: ['Lit ', tongue of secrecy]
s.
Proverbs 25:24: ['Lit ', with a woman of contentions and a house of association]
t.
Proverbs 25:26: ['Lit ', ruined]
u.
Proverbs 25:27: ['Lit ', their]