Proverbs 8:19

Pro 8:19 My fruit [is] better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

Ver. 19. My fruit is better than gold.] This wisdom is as those two golden pipes {Zec 4:12} through which the two olive branches do empty out of themselves the golden oils of all precious graces into the candlestick, the Church; hence grace is here called "fruits," and "pleasant fruits," {Son 4:16} and "fruits of the Spirit." {Gal 5:22}

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

(Compare Pro 8:11; Pro 3:16).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

(19) My fruit. . . . my revenue.—i.e., the gain and profit which come from possessing me.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

19. gold … silver] Comp. Pro_3:14.

revenue] Or, increase, R.V. marg., preserving the figure of fruit in the parallel clause. γενήματα, LXX.; genimina, Vulg.

Pro_8:22-31. Her august claims.

Wisdom appeals to us, not only upon the ground of what she bestows (Pro_8:10-21), but upon the ground of what she is (Pro_8:22-31).

On this Section see Introd. p. 31.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold,.... This is said in allusion to the fruit that grows on trees, Wisdom, or Christ, being a tree of life; see Gill on Pro 3:18; and so he is compared to other trees, Sol 2:3. His "fruit" are the blessings of grace, such as redemption, reconciliation, pardon, justification, adoption, and eternal life; these are his by covenant, are procured by him, and are communicated from him; also the graces of his Spirit called fruits, as faith, hope, love, &c. of which he is the author and object; and even good works, the fruits of his grace; they are done in virtue of union to him, by his strength, and are directed to his glory: and all these, especially his grace and the blessings of it, are preferable to the finest gold; they are more valuable as to their intrinsic worth and excellency; they are more useful and profitable, being for the good and welfare of immortal souls; and they are more satisfying and more lasting, and which cannot be obtained with such a corruptible thing as gold is;

and my revenue than choice silver; as the former word refers to fruits that grow on trees, this to such as spring from seed sown in the earth; see Lev 23:39, where the same word is used as here, and is also rendered "revenue" in Jer 12:13; Christ himself is compared to seed, and so his word, Joh 12:24; and the fruit or revenue thereof is the same as before: or else the allusion is to the profit arising from riches, from estates, and their annual rent; or from money put out to use, or improved by commerce, and so signifies the same with the gain and merchandise of wisdom; see Gill on Pro 3:14. Aben Ezra construes the words thus, "my revenue is choicer than silver"; but our version is best.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Gold - The “choice, fine gold” of margin reference. The “fine gold” in the second clause is a different word, and perhaps represents gold extracted from the ore.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Stone. So the Septuagint translate paz, (Haydock) which designates a more pure sort of gold, Genesis ii. 11. (Calmet)

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

19. Gold — חרוצ, rendered fine gold in Pro_3:14, where see note. פז, paz, refined gold.

My revenue — Not that which I receive, but which I bestow; the income which comes from practicing my precepts. Psa_19:10; Psa_21:3; Son_5:11.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

My fruit is better than gold. We have had Wisdom called "a tree of life", (Pro_3:18) and the gain from possessing her compared to gold and silver. (Pro_3:14) Fine gold (paz); Septuagint and Vulgate, "precious stone." The word signifies "purified gold gold from which all mixture or alloy has been separated. My revenue; Vulgate, genimina mea; Septuagint, gennhmata ; Hebrew, tebuah, "produce," "profits."

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

My fruit

what wisdom produces or causes

my produce

the benefit or gain that wisdom causes

I walk in the path of righteousness

Living the right way is spoken of as walking on the right road. AT: "I live right" or "I do what is right" (See: Metaphor)

in the midst of the paths of justice

This tells more of what is meant by "the path of righteousness." AT: "I do what is perfectly just" or "I only do what is just" (See: Metaphor)

treasuries

storehouses for valuable things. Wisdom is spoken of as a woman who fills the storehouses of her followers with valuable things. (See: Metaphor)

translationWords

fruit

gold

pure

silver

just

inherit

love

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