Proverbs 23:35

“They have stricken me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick, etc.] Or “grieved not”f648; or was not wounded or skin brokenf649; see (<240503>Jeremiah 5:3). The drunken man is here represented as saying, that though his companions, with whom he quarrelled and fought in his drunken frolics, beat him very much, yet he was not sensible of the pain and smart; and it had left no sickness nor disorder upon him; he did not find himself much the worse for it; they have beaten me; as with hammersf650; battered and bruised him terribly, laying very hard and heavy strokes upon him; [and] I felt [it] not; or “knew it not”f651; did not perceive it, was not sensible of it, when the blows were given, or who…”

“awake--that is, from drunkenness (Gen 9:24). This is the language rather of acts than of the tongue. Next: Proverbs Chapter 24”

“Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims. Proverbs 23:16 The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s heart Proverbs 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter it. Reins - See Job 19:27 note. Proverbs 23:17 Envy sinners - Compare in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73:3; the feeling which looks half-longingly at the prosperity of evil doers. Some connect the verb “envy” with the second clause, “envy not sinners, but envy, emulate, the fear of the Lord.” Proverbs 23:18 Or, For if there is an end (hereafter), thine expectations shall not be cut off. There is an implied confidence in immortality. Proverbs 23:20 Riotous eaters of flesh - The word is the same as “glutton”…”

“Sick - I was not sensible of it. Again - At present my condition requires sleep to settle myself, and when I am composed, I purpose to return to my former course. Next: Proverbs Chapter 24”

“stricken: Pro 27:22; Jer 5:3, Jer 31:18 I felt it not: Heb. I knew it not, Eph 4:19 I will: Pro 26:11; Deu 29:19; Isa 22:13, Isa 56:12; Co1 15:32-34; Pe2 2:22 Next: Proverbs Chapter 24”