Proverbs 30:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

poor: i.e. from being dispossessed. Hebrew. yarash. See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11

take the name, &c.. assaileth Jehovah. Not. reference to the second Commandment.

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. Accuse not. servant. Get not. servant accused. Note the Hiphil here; as in Psalms 101:5.

Proverbs 30:9

9 Lest I be full, and denye thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.