Proverbs - 8:8



8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

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Explanation and meaning of Proverbs 8:8.

Differing Translations

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All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
All my words are just, there is nothing wicked nor perverse in them.
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing tortuous or perverse in them.
In righteousness are all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing fraudulent or perverse in them.
All the words of my mouth are righteousness; there is nothing false or twisted in them.
All my words are just. There is no depravity in them, and no perversity.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Words of the ideal Wisdom, which find their highest fulfillment in that of the Incarnate Word. Compare Luke 4:22; Matthew 11:19.

All the words - are in righteousness - בצדק betsedek, in justice and equity, testifying what man owes to his God, to his neighbor, and to himself; giving to each his due. This is the true import of צדק tsadak.
There is nothing froward - נפתל niphtal, tortuous, involved, or difficult.
Or perverse - עקש ikkesh, distorted, leading to obstinacy. On the contrary,

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness,.... Or "with righteousness" (x); are connected with it, are agreeable to it; are righteous ones, consistent with righteousness, with the righteous nature, will, and law of God: or "are concerning righteousness" (y) the necessity of righteousness in order to eternal life; the insufficiency of man's own righteousness to entitle to it; the need, worth, and excellency of the righteousness of Christ for that purpose; and of the propriety and usefulness of a life of righteousness and holiness, which the grace of God instructs men in;
there is nothing froward or perverse in them; that is contrary to right reason, or to the law of God, or to the Scriptures of truth, or to the analogy of faith; nor is there any contradiction in the doctrines of the Gospel one to another, but an entire harmony and uniformity in them; they are not "yea" and "nay".
(x) "cum justitia", Piscator, Gejerus, Michaelis; , Sept. (y) "Gloriatio de justitia sua, vel invitatio ad accipiendam justitiam per fidem", Cocceius.

in righteousness--or, "righteous" (Psalm 9:8; Psalm 11:7).
froward--literally, "twisted," or contradictory, that is, to truth.

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