Proverbs 9:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

the dead. Rephaim. (No Art.) See App-25.

hell. Sheol. App-35. Proverbs marked off by different authorship. All are in two lines, except Proverbs 19:7, which has three lines. They are miscellaneous, having self-developing connections, finding their reasons in what follows.

A wise son. Illustration: Joseph (Genesis 47:12. Compare Pro 48:2).

a foolish son. Hebrew. kesil. See note on Proverbs 1:7. Illustration: Esau (Genesis 26:34; Genesis 26:35; Genesis 27:45; Genesis 27:46).

Proverbs 9:18

18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.