Proverbs 27 is the 27th chapter of the Book of Proverbs in the

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'' Old Testament of the Christian

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.Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012. The book is a compilation of several wisdom literature collections, with the heading in 1:1 may be intended to regard Solomon as the traditional author of the whole book, but the dates of the individual collections are difficult to determine, and the book probably obtained its final shape in the post-exilic period. This chapter is the last part of the fifth collection of the book, so-called "the Second Solomonic Collection."

Text

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. This chapter is divided into 27 verses.

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, which includes the Aleppo Codex (10th century), and

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(1008). There is also a translation into

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known as the

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, made in the last few centuries BC; some extant ancient manuscripts of this version include

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Analysis

This chapter belongs to a further collection of Solomonic proverbs, transmitted and edited by royal scribes during the reign of

Hezekiah Hezekiah (; hbo, , Ḥīzqīyyahū), or Ezekias); grc, Ἐζεκίας 'Ezekías; la, Ezechias; also transliterated as or ; meaning "Yahweh, Yah shall strengthen" (born , sole ruler ), was the son of Ahaz and the 13th king of Kingdom of Jud ...

, comprising Proverbs 25–29. Based on differences in style and subject-matter there could be two originally separate collections: # Proverbs 25–27: characterized by many similes and the 'earthy' tone # Proverbs 28–29: characterized by many antithetical sayings and the predominantly 'moral and religious' tone (cf.

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– 15) The New King James Version adopts verse 7 as a sub-heading for this chapter, reflecting the argument from

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minister Arno Gaebelein that this section represents "instructions given to Solomon".Gaebelein, A. (1919)
Gaebelein's Annotated Bible: Proverbs 27
accessed 5 May 2021 Verses 23 to 27 are distinct and commend the life of a shepherd "as providing the best and most enduring kind of wealth".

Verse 1

:''Do not boast about tomorrow,'' ::''for you do not know what a day may bring forth.'' *"Do not boast": from , in the Hitpael jussive negated form of the common verb “to praise,” or in this setting means “to praise oneself” or “to boast.” *"A day": Perowne notes that the

refers to "the day" ( gr, ἡ ἐπιοῦσα, ''hē epiousa''), meaning the next day, but he considers "a day", meaning " a future day", to be a preferable translation.

Verse 20

:''Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,'' ::''and never satisfied are the eyes of man.'' *"

Sheol Sheol ( ; he, ''Šəʾōl'', Tiberian: ''Šŏʾōl'') in the Hebrew Bible is a place of still darkness which lies after death. Although not well defined in the Tanakh, Sheol in this view was a subterranean underworld where the souls of the ...

" or "hell" (

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, etc.) is depicted as 'a monster with a voracious appetite for human victims' (cf. Proverbs 1:12; 30:16). Human desires and ambition are just as insatiable and may also be as ruthless. *"

Abaddon The Hebrew term Abaddon ( he, אֲבַדּוֹן ''’Ăḇaddōn'', meaning "destruction", "doom"), and its Greek equivalent Apollyon ( grc-koi, Ἀπολλύων, ''Apollúōn'' meaning "Destroyer") appear in the Bible as both a place of de ...

": or "destruction" (KJV, NKJV, etc.).Note on Proverbs 27:20 in NKJV

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