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Barnes' Notes on Proverbs 16:10

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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A divine sentence - See the margin, i. e., “soothsaying” in its darker aspect as contrasted with prophecy. The true oracle is to be sought, not from soothsayers and diviners, but “at the lips of the king,” who is ideally the representative, the προφήτης prophētēs of Yahweh, in His government of mankind. return to 'Top of Page'
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