Proverbs 20:27
“The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord,.... The rational soul of man is a light set up in him; this is what is…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The spirit of man - The “breath” of Gen 2:7, the higher life, above that which he has in common with lower animals,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
We have here the dignity of the soul, the great soul of man, that light which lighteth every man. 1. It is a divine…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
spirit Lit. breath (πνοή, LXX.). The word, in this unusual sense, may probably have been chosen to recall Gen 2:7: the…
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