Proverbs 11:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

hand join in hand. Illustrations: the Babel builders (Genesis 11:1-9); Korah (Numbers 16); the Canaanite kings (Joshua 9:1; Joshua 9:2 Adoni-zedek (Joshua 10); the Confederacy Isaiah 7:1-16); the Ten Kingdoms (Revelation 19).

wicked. Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 11:6; Proverbs 11:23; Proverbs 11:31. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.

the righteous. righteous ones.

be delivered. escape. Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 11:4; Proverbs 11:6; Proverbs 11:8; Proverbs 4:9. Hebrew. malat = to slip away.

Proverbs 11:21

21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.