Proverbs 16:15

“light of . . . countenance--favor (Psa 4:6). life--preserves it, or gives blessings which make it valuable. the latter rain--fell just before harvest and matured the crop; hence specially valuable (Deu 11:14).”

“The “latter rain” is that which falls in March or April just before the harvest. The “cloud” which brings it, immediately screening people from the scorching sun, and bringing plenty and blessing, is a fit type of the highest favor. return to 'Top of Page'”

“A cloud - As acceptable as those clouds which bring the latter rain, whereby the fruits are filled and ripened a little before the harvest. Proverbs 16:17”

“the light: Pro 19:12; Job 29:23, Job 29:24; Psa 4:6, Psa 21:6; Act 2:28 his: Job 29:23; Psa 30:5, Psa 72:6; Hos 6:3; Zac 10:1 Proverbs 16:16”

“15 In the light on the king's countenance there is life, And his favour is as a cloud of the latter rains. Hitzig regards אור as the inf. (cf. Pro 4:18), but one says substantively אור פּני, Job 29:24, etc., and in a similar sense מאור עינים, Pro 15:30; light is the condition of life, and the exhilaration of life, wherefore אור החיּים, Ps. 56:14, Job 33:30, is equivalent to a fresh, joyous life; in the light of the king's countenance is life, means that life goes forth from the cheerful approbation of the king, which shows itself in his face, viz., in the showing of favour, which cheers the heart and beautifies the life. To speak of liberality as a shower is so common to the Semitic, that it…”