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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comKeil and Delitzsch Commentary - Proverbs 17:25 - 17:25
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The series of proverbs, v. 25-18:2, begins and closes in the same way as the preceding, and only Pro 17:26 stands by itself without apparent connection.
This verse begins connecting itself with Pro 17:21 :
A grief to his father is a foolish son,
And a bitter woe for her that bare him.
The ἅπ. λεγ. מֶמֶר is formed from מָרַר (to be bitter, properly harsh), as מֶכֶס from כָּסַס. The Syr. and Targ. change the subst. into participles; some codd. also have מֵמֵר (after the forms מֵחֵל, מֵסֵב, מֵפֵר, מֵרֵעַ), but as may be expected in 25a, מַבְעִיס. The dat. obj. instead of the accus. may be possible; the verse immediately following furnishes a sufficient example of this.