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Barnes' Notes on Proverbs 22:8

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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The rod of his anger - That with which he smites others (compare Isaiah 14:6). The King James Version describes the final impotence of the wrath of the wicked. return to 'Top of Page'
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