Proverbs 29:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

the wicked. wicked ones.

multiplied. increased in authority or position. Not necessarily in number. Compare Proverbs 29:2, and see note on Proverbs 4:10.

transgression. Hebrew. pasha'. App-44.

see their fall. see into (the symptoms and causes of) their fall: i.e. fall caused by external circumstances.

Proverbs 29:16

16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.