20Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 25:20
Wisdom Before Kings: Hidden Matters, Fitting Words, Faithful Messengers, Enemies, Restraint, and Self-Control
The chapter moves from the historical introduction and royal wisdom, to humility and restraint before kings, to disputes and fitting speech, to faithful and unfaithful communication, to patience and neighborly limits, to mercy toward enemies, and finally to warnings about slander, quarrels, compromise, excess, and the necessity of self-control.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
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Verse 20
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[Like] one who removesמַ֥עֲדֶהH5710Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singulara garmentבֶּ֨גֶד׀H899Noun - masculine singularon a coldקָ֭רָהH7135Noun - feminine singulardayבְּי֣וֹםH3117Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructor vinegarחֹ֣מֶץH2558Noun - masculine singularpoured onעַל־H5921Prepositiona woundנָ֑תֶרH5427Noun - masculine singular[is] one who singsוְשָׁ֥רH7891Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularsongsבַּ֝שִּׁרִ֗יםH7892Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine pluraltoעַ֣לH5921Prepositiona heavyרָֽע׃פH7451Adjective - masculine singularheartלֶב־H3820Noun - masculine singular construct
BSB notes
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