Proverbs 16:1
1. preparations—schemes.
in man—or literally, "to man," belonging, or pertaining to him. the answer . . . Lord—The efficient ordering is from God: "Man proposes; God disposes." Proverbs 20:24
24. Man's goings—literally, "Stately steppings of a strong man."
a man—any common man. understand—or, "perceive." James 4:13-14
13. Go to now—"Come now"; said to excite attention.
ye that say—boasting of the morrow. To-day or to-morrow—as if ye had the free choice of either day as a certainty. Others read, "To-day and to-morrow." such a city—literally, "this the city" (namely, the one present to the mind of the speaker). This city here. continue . . . a year—rather, "spend one year." Their language implies that when this one year is out, they purpose similarly settling plans for to come [BENGEL]. buy and sell—Their plans for the future are all worldly.14. what—literally, "of what nature" is your life? that is, how evanescent it is.
It is even—Some oldest authorities read, "For ye are." BENGEL, with other old authorities, reads, "For it shall be," the future referring to the "morrow" (Jas 4:13-15). The former expresses, "Ye yourselves are transitory"; so everything of yours, even your life, must partake of the same transitoriness. Received text has no old authority. and then vanisheth away—"afterwards vanishing as it came"; literally, "afterwards (as it appeared), so vanishing" [ALFORD].
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