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Proverbs 29:8

Proverbs 29:8

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Scornful men bring a airy into a snare. "Men of derision" () are those who despise and scoff at all things great and high, whether sacred or profane (see on ). These are the persons who raise rebellion in a country and excite opposition to constituted authority.

The rendering of יָפִיתיּ, "bring into a snare," as in the Authorized Version, is supported by some of the Jewish versions and commentaries; but the more correct rendering is "blow into a blaze, inflame," as the Revised Version (comp.

; , ). These scorners excite the populace to acts of fury, when all respect for piety and virtue is lost; they fan the passions of the fickle people, and lead them to civil discord and dangerous excesses (comp.

). Septuagint, "Lawless men burn up a city." But wise men turn away wrath; by their prudent counsels allay the angry passions roused by those evil men (see and , ).

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