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Proverbs 20:11
New English Translation
Proverbs 20:11
New English Translation
11 Even a young man[a] is known[b] by his actions,
whether his activity is pure and whether it is right.[c]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:11 sn In the first nine chapters of the book of Proverbs the Hebrew term נַעַר (naʿar) referred to an adolescent, a young person whose character was being formed in his early life.
- Proverbs 20:11 sn The Hebrew verb נָכַר (nakhar) means “to recognize” more than simply “to know.” Certain character traits can be recognized in a child by what he does (cf. NCV “by their behavior”).
- Proverbs 20:11 sn Character is demonstrated by actions at any age. But the emphasis of the book of Proverbs would also be that if the young child begins to show such actions, then the parents must try to foster and cultivate them; if not, they must try to develop them through teaching and discipline.
Proverbs 20:11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 20:11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
11 Even children make themselves known by their acts,
by whether what they do is pure and right.(A)
Proverbs 20:29
New English Translation
Proverbs 20:29
New English Translation
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- Proverbs 20:29 tn The Hebrew term תִּפְאֶרֶת (tifʾeret) means “beauty; glory”; in a context like this it means “honor” in the sense of glorying or boasting (BDB 802 s.v. 3.b).
- Proverbs 20:29 tn The Hebrew term הֲדַר (hadar), the noun in construct, means “splendor; honor; ornament.” The latter sense is used here, since grey hair is like a crown on the head.
- Proverbs 20:29 sn Gray hair is a metonymy of adjunct; it represents everything valuable about old age—dignity, wisdom, honor, experience, as well as worry and suffering of life. At the very least, since they survived, they must know something. At the most, they were the sages and elders of the people.
Proverbs 20:29
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 20:29
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
29 The glory of youths is their strength,
but the beauty of the aged is their gray hair.(A)
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