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PARALLEL BIBLE - Proverbs 18:24
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King James Bible - Proverbs 18:24  A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
World English BibleA man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Douay-Rheims - Proverbs 18:24 A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother.
Webster's Bible Translation A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Original Hebrew אישׁ 376 רעים 7453 להתרעע 7489 וישׁ 3426 אהב 157 דבק 1695 מאח׃ 251
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge VERSE (24) - Pr 17:17; 27:9 1Sa 19:4,5; 30:26-31 2Sa 9:1-13; 16:17; 17:27-29
SEV Biblia, Chapter 18:24 ¶ El hombre que tiene amigos, ha de mostrarse amigo; y amigo hay ms unido que un hermano.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 18:24 Verse 24. A man that hath friends must show himself friendly - Love begets love; and love requires love as its recompense. If a man do not maintain a friendly carriage, he cannot expect to retain his friends. Friendship is a good plant; but it requires cultivation to make it grow. There is a kind of factitious friendship in the world, that, to show one's self friendly in it, is very expensive, and in every way utterly unprofitable: it is maintained by expensive parties. feasts, &c., where the table groans with dainties, and where the conversation is either jejune and insipid, or calumnious; backbiting, talebearing, and scandal, being the general topics of the different squads in company. There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. ] In many cases the genuine friend has shown more attachment, and rendered greater benefits, than the natural brother. Some apply this to God; others to Christ; but the text has no such meaning. But critics and commentators are not agreed on the translation of this verse. The original is condensed and obscure. [[wrthl y[r wa ish reim lehithroea, or lehithroeang, as some would read, who translate: A man of friends may ring again; i.e., he may boast and mightily exult: but there is a friend, bha oheb, a lover, that sticketh closer, qbd dabek, is glued or cemented, jam meach, beyond, or more than, a brother. The former will continue during prosperity, but the latter continues closely united to his friend, even in the most disastrous circumstances. Hence that maxim of Cicero, so often repeated, and so well known: - Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur. "In doubtful times the genuine friend is known." A late commentator has translated the verse thus: ] The man that hath many friends is ready to be ruined: But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. HOLDEN . "A frende that delyteth in love, doth a man more frendship, and sticketh faster unto him, than a brother." COVERDALE. "A man that hath friends ought to show himself friendly for a friend is nearer than a brother." BARKER'S Bible, 1615. "A man amyable to felowschip, more a freend schal ben thanne a brother." - Old MS. Bible. The two last verses in this chapter, and the two first of the next, are wanting in the Septuagint and Arabic. These are the principal varieties; out of them the reader may choose. I have already given my opinion.
John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 24. A man [that hath] friends must show himself friendly , etc.] Friendship ought to be mutual and reciprocal, as between David and Jonathan; a man that receives friendship ought to return it, or otherwise he is guilty of great ingratitude. This may be spiritually applied; a believer is a man of friends f532 , as it may be rendered; he has many friends: God is his friend, as appears by his early love to him, his choice of him, and provisions of grace for him; by sending his son to save him; by visiting him, not only in a way of providence, but of grace; by disclosing his secrets, showing his covenant to him, and by making him his heir, and a joint heir with Christ. Christ is his friend, as is evident from his visiting him at his incarnation; and in a spiritual way, by the communication of his secrets to him; by his hearty counsel and faithful reproofs; by his undertaking and doing for him what he has; and especially by suffering and dying in his room and stead. The Holy Spirit is his friend, which he has shown by discovering to him his woeful estate by nature, and the way of salvation by Christ; by working all his works in him; by acting the part of a Comforter to him; by revealing divine things to him, by helping him under all his infirmities; by making intercession for him according to the will of God; and by making him meet for eternal glory and happiness: angels are his friends, as is plain by their well pleasedness with the incarnation of Christ for men; and which they express at their conversion; by their ministering to them, their protection of them, and the good offices they do them both in life and at death; and saints are friends to one another: and such should show themselves friendly to God, their covenant God and Father; by frequently visiting him at the throne of grace; by trusting in him; by a carefulness not to offend, but please him; and by a close and faithful adherence to his cause and interest: to Jesus Christ their Redeemer, by a ready obedience to his commands; by owning and using him as their friend; by taking notice of his friends, and showing them respect, his ministers and poor saints; by cleaving to him, and renouncing the friendship of his enemies: and likewise to the Holy Spirit, by not grieving, quenching, and despising him; but by making use of him, and giving up themselves to his influence and direction; and by acknowledging him as the author of all their grace: also to angels, by speaking well of them, owning their good offices, and reckoning it an honour that they are come and joined to such a company; and to the saints, by Christian conversation with them, by sympathizing with them in all conditions, by hearty counsel, faithful reproofs and admonitions, and by helping them in every distress, inward and outward; and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother ; who is to a man as his own soul, ( Deuteronomy 13:6); and so are of one heart and soul, as Jonathan and David, and the first Christians, were; this is true of Christ, and may be expressive of the close union between him and his people; and of his close adherence to their cause and interest; and of his constancy and continuance as a friend at all times; and of his faithfulness and unchangeableness as such; (see Proverbs 17:17). The Heathens had a deity which presided over friendship, which they called Jupiter Philios f533 : the character best agrees with the true God, who is a friend to men himself, and loves friendship among them.
Matthew Henry Commentary Verses 24 - Christ Jesus never will forsake those who trust in and love him. May we be such friends to others, for our Master's sake. Having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end; and we are his friends if we do whatever he commands us, Joh 15:14 __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew אישׁ 376 רעים 7453 להתרעע 7489 וישׁ 3426 אהב 157 דבק 1695 מאח׃ 251
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