20 Like 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 removes מַ֥עֲדֶה H5710 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular a garment בֶּ֨גֶד׀ H899 Noun - masculine singular on a cold קָ֭רָה H7135 Noun - feminine singular day בְּי֣וֹם H3117 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct or vinegar חֹ֣מֶץ H2558 Noun - masculine singular poured on עַל־ H5921 Preposition a wound נָ֑תֶר H5427 Noun - masculine singular [is] one who sings וְשָׁ֥ר H7891 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular songs בַּ֝שִּׁרִ֗ים H7892 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural to עַ֣ל H5921 Preposition a heavy רָֽע׃פ H7451 Adjective - masculine singular heart לֶב־ H3820 Noun - masculine singular construct
BSB notes
- Or on soda