Verse 5
5. Quiver full of them The figure is elliptical. The idea is, that of protection, vindication. As the warrior is safe able to defend himself with his quiver full of arrows, so the parent with numerous children.
They shall… speak with the enemies in the gate The language here is forensic. The “gate” was the place of judgment, (Deuteronomy 21:19,) and to “speak with” adversaries “in the gate,” was to conduct the suit, and to overcome them. Compare Proverbs 27:11. The same word rendered “speak,” in the text, means destroyed in 2 Chronicles 22:10, and subdue in Psalms 18:47; Psalms 47:3. Such a man “need not fear lest he should be put to shame that is, lose his cause; his stalwart sons would not suffer might to prevail against right.” Perowne. Not… ashamed, is equal to having abundant proof to meet the allegation, and to overcome.
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