Proverbs 20:7

“The just [man] walketh in his integrity, etc.] This is the faithful and upright man, who is made righteous by the obedience of Christ; and walks by faith in him, and according to the truth of the Gospel; his children [are] blessed after him; with temporal blessings; and, walking in the same integrity as he does, they are blessed with spiritual blessings here, and eternal blessedness hereafter; see (<193726>Psalm 37:26). It is an observation of an Heathen poetf557, that good things befall the children of the godly, but not the children of the ungodly.”

“The conduct of good men proclaims their sound principles. God's covenant and their good example secure blessing to their children (Pro 4:26; Psa 112:1-2).”

“just: Pro 14:2, Pro 19:1; Psa 15:2, Psa 26:1, Psa 26:11; Isa 33:15; Luk 1:6; Co2 1:12; Tit 2:11, Tit 2:12; Jo3 1:3, Jo3 1:4 his children: Pro 13:22; Gen 17:7; Psa 37:26, Psa 112:2; Jer 32:39; Act 2:39 Proverbs 20:8”

“7 He who in his innocence walketh as one upright, Blessed are his children after him! We may not take the first line as a separate clause with צדּיק, as subject (Van Dyk, Elster) or predicate (Targ.); for, thus rendered, it does not appropriately fall in as parallel to the second line, because containing nothing of promise, and the second line would then strike in at least not so unconnectedly (cf. on the contrary, Pro 10:9; Pro 14:25). We have before us a substantival clause, of which the first line is the complex subject. But Jerome, the Venet., and Luther erroneously: the just man walking in his innocence; this placing first of the adj. is in opposition to the Hebr. syntax. We must, if…”