Proverbs 24:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Literally:

“Deliver those that are drawn unto death,

And those who totter to the slaughter - if

Thou withdraw ...”

i. e., “O withdraw them,” save them from their doom; in contrast to Proverbs 24:10. The structure and meaning are both somewhat obscure; but the sentence is complete in itself, and is not a mere hypothesis concluded in the following verses.

Proverbs 24:11

11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;