Proverbs 6:30 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 6:30

Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:

KJV

Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

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Commentary

2 voices

Bede

Commentary on Proverbs (735)

The fault is not great when someone has been found stealing, etc. Theft is not considered a great fault by its own estimation, but by comparison with a greater sin, that is, adultery; as it is said to Jerusalem who sinned more grievously, Sodomy is …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Men do not despise a thief if he steal - Every man pities the poor culprit who was perishing for lack of food, and stole to satisfy his hunger; yet no law clears him: he is bound to make restitution; in some cases double, in others quadruple and quintuple; and if he have not property enough to make restitution, to be sold for a bondsman; Exo 22:1-4; Lev 25:39.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
יָב֣וּזוּ	ya.Vu.zu	people despise	H936 →
לַ֭גַּנָּב	la.ga.no	<to> the thief	H1590 →
כִּ֣י	ki	if	H3588 →
יִגְנ֑וֹב	yig.Nov	he will steal	H1589 →
לְמַלֵּ֥א	le.ma.Le'	to fill	H4390 →
נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ	naf.Sho	appetite his	H5315 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
יִרְעָֽב׃	yir.'Av	he will be hungry	H7456 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Job 38:39
Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
leads to
- Psalms 104:21
  The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
- Job 4:10–11
  The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
- Psalms 145:15–16
  The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
- Psalms 34:10
  Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Proverbs