shall: Proverbs 4:22, Proverbs 16:24, Psalms 147:3, Isaiah 1:6, Jeremiah 30:12, Jeremiah 30:13 health: Heb. medicine thy: Ezekiel 16:4, Ezekiel 16:5 marrow: Heb. watering, or moistening, Job 21:24 Reciprocal: Proverbs 14:26 - fear Proverbs 14:30 - rottenness Proverbs 15:30 - the bones Song of Solomon 7:2 - navel Isaiah 58:11 - make fat Isaiah 66:14 - your bones read more
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.Navel — To thy body, which is signified by one part of it.Marrow — Which is the nourishment and strength of the bones. read more
8. Health to thy navel Rather, restoration to thy sinew, (sing. coll.,) and moistening (refreshment) to thy bones. The word שׁר , ( shor,) rendered navel in E.V., literally means a cord, and is sometimes, as in Ezekiel 16:4, applied to the umbilical cord; but in other places it seems to be used for sinews, muscles, or tendons of the body, or of a particular part of it, as Job 40:16, where the rendering probably should be, “the muscles of the belly.” In this place the word stands... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:8
Pro 3:8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. Ver. 8. It shall be health to thy navel. ] That is, Thou shalt be in good plight both for the outward and inward man: Thy bones full of marrow, thy breasts full of milk, thy spirit also lively and lifted up in the ways of the Lord. And as it is with children in the womb (for to these is the allusion here), that by the navel nourishment is ministered unto them, yea, even to the strengthening of the inward parts: so the godly in... read more