Proverbs (TOTC) by Derek Kidner

Author:Derek Kidner [Kidner, Derek]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781783592456
Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press
Published: 2009-01-15T16:00:00+00:00

12:27. Fleeting opportunity

The translation roasteth (AV, RV) is a guess, founded on Jewish tradition and on Arabic and Aramaic roots meaning to scorch. Another guess, based on another Arabic root, is ‘starteth not his quarry’ (the phrase that which he took in hunting [AV, RV] is in Heb. a single word). RSV, following LXX, uses the verb catch. In each case, whether as non-finisher or non-starter, the indolent man throws away his chances.

The second line in AV (but the substance of a diligent man is precious) yields an excellent contrast, but it assumes that two Heb. words have changed places. (The Heb. as it stands reads: ‘but the substance of a precious man is diligent’.) This assumption by AV is as small and as rewarding as any that have been put forward for this unusual line. An alternative, which involves no alterations, is ‘But a rare treasure of a man is one who is diligent’ (Bertholet, Ewald, cited by Toy), which is intelligible but inapposite.

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