Proverbs Chapter 21 verse 16 Holy Bible
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
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The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.
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The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdom shall abide in the congregation of the dead.
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The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
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The man who wanders out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
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A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding. (For הַשְׂכֵּל, "understanding," see note on Proverbs 1:3.) He who forsakes the way of wisdom, the path of virtue, the religious life, and thus becomes in proverbial language "a fool," he shall remain (rest, dwell) in the congregation of the dead; in coetu gigantum commorabitur. "The dead" is, in the Hebrew, rephaim, for which see note on Proverbs 2:18. The denunciation means primarily that the sinner shall soon be with the shades of the dead, shall meet with a speedy death. Wordsworth considers that the writer is saying in bitter irony that the evil man shall rest as a guest at a banquet, shall lie down and be regaled, but it will be in the company of the dead. The contrast seems to lie between the wandering and the rest, and this rest is regarded as penal; so that one must needs see here an intimation of retribution after death; and setup, Proverbs 24:14, 20. The Fathers regarded the Rephaim, "the giants," as the descendants of the rebel angels, in accordance with their interpretation of Genesis 6:1-4. Thus St. Gregory writes ('Moral.' 17:30), quoting our passage, "For whosoever forsakes the way of righteousness, to whose number does he join himself, saving to the number of the proud spirits?"
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Shall remain in the congregation of the dead.--Described in Isaiah 14:9; he shall not take part in the resurrection of Isaiah 26:19. A prophecy of retribution after death.
