16restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 27:16
Faithful Friendship, Honest Rebuke, Guarded Praise, Wise Stewardship, and the Testing of the Heart
The chapter moves from humility before tomorrow and restraint in praise, to anger, jealousy, rebuke, and friendship, to appetite and neighborly loyalty, to prudence, surety, and speech timing, to relational sharpening and service, to the heart's reflection and testing by praise, and finally to careful stewardship of flocks, fields, and household provision.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
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Verse 16
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restraining herצֹפְנֶ֥יהָH6845Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singularis like holding backצָֽפַן־H6845Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularthe windר֑וּחַH7307Noun - common singularor graspingיִקְרָֽא׃H7122Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularoilוְשֶׁ֖מֶןH8081Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructwith one’s right handיְמִינ֣וֹH3225Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular