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Proverbs 20:14

Proverbs 20:14
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer,.... When he comes to the shop of the seller, or to market to buy goods, he…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714

See here 1. What arts men use to get a good bargain and to buy cheap. They not only cheapen carelessly, as if they had…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

naught i.e. an inferior article. Comp. 2Ki 2:19. By decrying it he gets it cheap, and then goes his way and boasts of…

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