Proverbs 23:35
“They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick,.... Or "grieved not" (x); or was not wounded or skin broken…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Proverbs 23:15-35
Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims. Pro 23:16 The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Proverbs 23:29-35
Solomon here gives fair warning against the sin of drunkenness, to confirm what he had said, Pro 23:20.
I. He cautions…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
sick Rather, hurt, R.V. or pained; ἐπόνεσα, LXX.; dolui, Vulg. Both the physical and moral insensibility of the drunkard…
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