Proverbs 4:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

bread. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part) for food in general.

of. obtained. Genitive of Origin. App-17 (2).

wickedness. lawlessness. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.

wine. Hebrew. yayin. App-27.

of violence. obtained by violence. Genitive of Origin. App-17 (2).

Proverbs 4:17

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.