Proverbs 29:18
“Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Where there is no vision, the people perish,.... That is, "no prophecy", as the Vulgate Latin version renders it; and…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Vision - The word commonly used of the revelation of God’s will made to prophets. Compare Isa 1:1; Nah 1:1. When…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
See here, I. The misery of the people that want a settled ministry: Where there is no vision, no prophet to expound the…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
vision … law "The vision is the actual contact between God and the human spirit, which is the necessary condition of any…
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