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Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 18:7

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Commentary on the Old Testament
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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7 The mouth of the fool is to him destruction, And his lips are a snare to his soul. As Pro 18:6 corresponds to Pro 17:27 of the foregoing group, so this Pro 18:7 corresponds to Pro 17:28. Regarding מחתּה־לּו, vid., Pro 13:3. Instead of פי כּסיל, is to be written פּי־כסיל, according to Torath Emeth, p. 40, Cod. 1294, and old editions. Proverbs 18:8
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