Buy truth, and do not sell it, get wisdom, instruction, and understanding. Proverbs 23:23 NASB Do not sell – The verb is mākar. Kaiser comments: “One passage uses the verb figuratively, ‘buying the truth and selling it not’ (Prov 23:23). Perhaps the Israelite king, Ahab, illustrates that passage, since ‘he sold himself to work wickedness’ under the…
Buy truth, and do not sell it, get wisdom, instruction, and understanding. Proverbs 23:23 NASB Buy/ get – The implication might be there, but the verb isn’t. You see, the “get” in this translation has been added. The Hebrew text just reads, “Buy truth, and do not sell it, wisdom, instruction, and understanding.” In other words, wisdom, instruction,…
Get truth, and do not sell it, wisdom, reproof, and discernment. Proverbs 23:23 Robert Alter Get truth – Perhaps you’re more familiar with a different translation: “Buy truth, and do not sell it.” The verb is qānâ, “to get, acquire, create,” but since the complementary is “sell,” translators adopt the idea of “buy,” particularly when a commercial translation is…
Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, and in secret You will make wisdom known to me. Psalm 51:6 NASB Truth – What is “truth”? Aren’t you inclined to say something like “correspondence to the facts,” “certainty,” or “what is acknowledged as reality”? That’s typical of the Western world. We think of “true” as something that…
For His kindness has overwhelmed us, and the truth of the Lord is eternal. Hallelujah! Psalm 117:2 (Chabad) Overwhelmed – When was the last time you felt overwhelmed by God’s graciousness? Have you given any thought to the amazing blessing of being alive today? Does a tune of thankfulness hum in the background of your…
I shall delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word. Psalm 119:16 NASB Not forget – Victor Hamilton’s remark in TWOT is crucial. We have the tendency to think of “forget” as a mental lapse, but he makes it quite clear that this is not the biblical usage. šākaḥ is an action verb. Forgetting is…
“The Son of Man is going away just as it is written about Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good [a]for that man if he had not been born.” Matthew 26:24 NASB As it is written – I recently engaged in a lively interchange with someone…
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the sight of God. For it is written: “He is the one who catches the wise by their craftiness”; 1 Corinthians 3:19 NASB Foolishness – Pay attention to Richard Lim’s insight: “Christians, in particular, bore the brunt of such polemical assaults because they lacked the protective armor of…
As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not. Romans 4:17 NIV As it is written – When Paul used the phrase, kathōs…
Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me. John 14:6 NASB Way – The Greek term, hodós, is used for both literal roads, streets, and pathways, and figuratively for the course of life. In Greek mythology, hodós is connected to the choice between the…
