16 restraining 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 her צֹפְנֶ֥יהָ H6845 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular is like holding back צָֽפַן־ H6845 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular the wind ר֑וּחַ H7307 Noun - common singular or grasping יִקְרָֽא׃ H7122 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular oil וְשֶׁ֖מֶן H8081 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct with one’s right hand יְמִינ֣וֹ H3225 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular