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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 30:18-23

Here is, I. An account of four things that are unsearchable, too wonderful to be fully known. And here, 1. The first three are natural things, and are only designed as comparisons for the illustration of the last. We cannot trace, (1.) An eagle in the air. Which way she has flown cannot be discovered either by the footstep or by the scent, as the way of a beast may upon ground; nor can we account for the wonderful swiftness of her flight, how soon she has gone beyond our ken. (2.) A serpent... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:20

Such is the way of an adulterous woman ,.... It is equally unknown as the way of a man with a maid; it is difficult to detect her, she takes so much care and caution, and uses so many artful methods to conceal her wickedness from her husband; though she lives in adultery, it is in a most private manner, and carried on so secretly and artfully that she is not easily discovered; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth ; like one that eats what he should not, wipes his mouth that it might not be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:1-33

Part VII. FIRST APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION , containing "the words of Agur." A short introduction, teaching that the Word of God is the source of wisdom ( Proverbs 30:1-6 ), is followed by apothegms on different subjects ( Proverbs 30:7-33 ). Cornelius a Lapide offers the following opinion concerning this appendix, which no one can hesitate to say is well founded, if he attempts to give it a spiritual interpretation, and to discern mysteries under the literal... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:11-31

contain six groups of four sentences each, each quaternion having a certain connection in language and concinnity of idea. First ( Proverbs 30:11-14 ) come four generations that are evil—four being taken as the symbol of universality. The sins herein specified had become so general that they affected the whole generation. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:18-20

A proverb concerning four inscrutable things, connected with the last by mention of the eagle. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:18-20

The mystery of actions I. THERE ARE ACTIONS WHICH , LIKE THE FLIGHT OF THE EAGLE , OR THE PASSAGE OF THE SHIP , LEAVE NO VISIBLE TRACE BEHIND . What seems to strike the mind of the simple-hearted Agur is the fact that criminal deeds may be committed and, seemingly, leave as little trace behind. II. BUT THE MYSTERY AND SECRECY OF ALL ACTIONS ARE KNOWN TO GOD . We are naked and open to the eyes of him with whom we have to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:20

This verse is a kind of gloss or illustration of the last thought of the preceding verse, and seems not to have formed an original part of the numerical proverb. It might well be placed in a parenthesis. Many commentators consider it to be an interpolation. Such is the way of an adulterous woman. What Agur had said of a man above, he now applies to the practised adulteress, whose sin cannot be traced. She eateth . This is a euphemism for the sin which she commits, "Stolen waters are sweet,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 30:20

Proverbs 30:20. Such So secret and undiscernible; is the way of an adulterous woman Of one that secretly lives in the sin of adultery. As “artful men insinuate themselves into the affections of young women, and seduce them to their ruin, by an almost infinity of stratagems, which can never be all unravelled, so also the adulterous wife uses much ingenuity to impose on her husband, to shun detection, and to escape shame and punishment, by schemes and devices which cannot all be enumerated.... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:10-33

The wise sayings of Agur (30:10-33)It is wise not to be hasty in reporting a person for a supposed wrongdoing. Such action could rebound with harm to the talebearer if the person is innocent (10). The arrogant despise those whom they should respect, while considering that they themselves are not only blameless, but superior to their fellows. They are merciless in their treatment of those whom they should rather help (11-14).The expression ‘three things . . . and four’ in the proverbs that... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 30:20

way = manner, or conduct. Compare Psalms 119:9 . no wickedness = nothing: or, as we say, "no harm". Hebrew. 'aven. read more

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