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Lutheran 1875 · Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament, Proverbs 20:13

Keil & Delitzsch, on Prov 20:13

Keil & Delitzsch · 1861–1875
Prov 20:13 · Douay-Rheims
“Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.”
On this verse:
“13 Love not sleep, lest thou become poor; Open thine eyes, and have enough to eat. What is comprehended in the first line here is presented in detail in Pro 6:9-11. The fut. Niph. of רוּשׁ, to become poor (cf. Pro 10:4), is formed metaplastically from ירשׁ, Pro 23:21; Pro 30:9, as at Sa1 2:7; Hitzig compares (Arab.) ryth, which, however, means to loiter or delay, not to come back or down. The R. רש signifies either to be slack without support (cf. דּל), or to desire (cf. אבון, Arab. fkyr, properly hiscens, R. פק, as in פקח, to open widely, which here follows). Regarding the second imper. 13b, vid., Pro 3:4 : it has the force of a consequence, Las deine augen wacker sein, So wirstu brots gnug haben (Luth.) [Let thine eyes be open, so shalt thou have bread enough]. With these two proverbs of the eyes, the group beginning with Pro 20:8 rounds itself off.”

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