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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Proverbs 22:20

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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22:20 thirty sayings: Early scribes noticed that the Hebrew word for thirty has been written in an unusual form (shlshwm) rather than the usual form (shlyshym). All the early translations of the Old Testament (e.g., Greek Septuagint, Latin Vulgate, Syriac Peshitta) read it as thirty. Nonetheless, some prefer to translate the word as excellent sayings.
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