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Proverbs 26:12
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Proverbs 26:12
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- Proverbs 26:12 tn Most translations render the verse as a question (“Have you seen…?” so KJV, NASB, NIV, ESV, Holman) while sometimes this construction is turned into a conditional sentence. But the Hebrew has a perfect verb form (רָאִיתָ; raʾita), expecting past time, without an interrogative or conditional marker. See the note at Prov 26:16.
- Proverbs 26:12 tn Heb “in his own eyes” (so ESV, NASB, NIV).
- Proverbs 26:12 sn Previous passages in the book of Proverbs all but deny the possibility of hope for the fool. So this proverb is saying there is absolutely no hope for the self-conceited person, and there might be a slight hope for the fool—he may yet figure out that he really is a fool.
Proverbs 26:12
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 26:12
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
12 Do you see people wise in their own eyes?
There is more hope for fools than for them.(A)
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