Proverbs 30:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. ”

Proverbs 30:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Odious woman - One in whom there is nothing loveable. Marriage, which to most women is the state in which they find scope for their highest qualities, becomes to her only a sphere in which to mak...
Proverbs 30:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is (m) heir to her mistress. (m) Who is married to her master after the death of her mistress.
Proverbs 30:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 30. The Sayings of Agur. It is uncertain whether the title embraces the whole chapter or Proverbs 30:1-9 , or Proverbs 30:1-4 only. Proverbs 30:1 . The title is extremely obscure, a...
Proverbs 30:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

is heirto . has dispossessed, or become heiress to.
Proverbs 30:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
Proverbs 30:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For three things the earth is disquieted— We have here an answer to another enigmatical question, What things are most intolerable? Which he tells us are, 1. A slave who bears rule; 2. A fool over-...
Proverbs 30:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. For an odious (woman) when she is married - for by her bad temper and ways she makes herself unbearable...
Proverbs 30:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Words of Agur The simplest way of treating the title is to read as follows: 'The words of Agur, son of Yakeh, of Massa.' Then we may proceed, with RM, 'The man saith, I have wearied myself,...
Proverbs 30:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For an odious woman when she is married. — She pays off, with interest, the slights which she had formerly to endure from her married friends. An handmaid that is heir to her mistress, and who i...
Proverbs 30:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 31 THE WORDS OF AGUR THE rendering of the first verse of this chapter is very uncertain. Without attempting to discuss the many conjectural emendations, we must briefly indicate the view...
Proverbs 30:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Lessons from Common Things Proverbs 30:18-33 We have four more quatrains. 1. There are the four wonders that baffle Agur's understanding. How superficial is our knowledge! How does the eagle m...
Proverbs 30:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This and the following chapter constitute an appendix to the Book of Proverbs. It is impossible to say who Agur was. In this selection from his writings we have an introduction, in which he a r m s t...
Proverbs 30:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not f...
Proverbs 30:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For an odious [woman], when she is married ,.... Odious for her person, her ugliness, and the deformity of her body; or rather for the ill qualities of her mind, which, while single, she endeavours...
Proverbs 30:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. Ver. 23. For an odious woman when she is married. ] Such a one was Peninnah, who vexed good Hannah, "to m...
Proverbs 30:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For three things the earth That is, the inhabitants of the earth; is disquieted By their insolence and impudence they cause great disturbances in the places where they live; for four it cannot r...
Proverbs 30:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

In THE FIVE Chapter S now completed are proverbs of Solomon copied out by Hezekiah's servants. The last two Chapter s show a distinct change in character, both being called "prophecies," and written...
Proverbs 30:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Four Things Little and Wise. 18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: 1...
Proverbs 30:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Odious; proud, and perverse, and full of hateful and offensive qualities. When she is married; for then she displayeth and exerciseth all those ill humours, which before for her own ends she conc...
Proverbs 30:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 30:23 . Odious , or unloved . MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 30:21-23 BURDENS GRIEVOUS TO BE BORNE I. It is sometimes dangerous to the peace of a c...
Proverbs 30:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 30:1 . The words of Agur. The style of this book seems to be much older than that of Solomon. Its simplicity very well agrees with the times of the patriarchs, or when the judges presided...
Proverbs 30:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 30:1-20 Part VII. FIRST APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION , containing "the words of Agur." A short introduction, teaching that the Word of God is the sourc...
Proverbs 30:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Deducing Truths from Common Experience
Proverbs 30:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 19:13 ; Proverbs 21:19 ; Proverbs 21:9 ; Proverbs 27:15 ; Proverbs 29:21
Proverbs 30:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

An odious — Proud, and perverse. Married — For then she displays all those ill humours, which before, she concealed. Is heir — Which great and sudden change transports her beside herself, and makes...

Proverbs 30:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 30:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 30:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 30:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 30:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 30:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 30:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 30:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 30:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 30:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 30:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 30:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 30:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 30:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 30:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 30:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 30:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 30:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 30:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 30:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 30:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 30:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 30:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 30:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 30:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes