Proverbs 21:14
WEB
A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
BSB
A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
KJV
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H4976
n-m — present
Derivation: from 5414;
a present
KJV: gift, to give, reward.
n.m — gift
מַתָּן n.m. coll. gift(s)
H5643
n-m — cover
Derivation: or (feminine) סִתְרָה; (Deuteronomy 32:38), from 5641;
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
KJV: backbiting, covering, covert, × disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).
n.[m.] — covering
סֵ֫תֶר n.[m.] covering, hiding-place, secrecy
H3711
v — bend, tame, subdue
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to bend, i.e. (figuratively) to tame or subdue
KJV: pacify.
H639
n-m — nose, nostril, face, person, ire
Derivation: from 599;
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
KJV: anger(-gry), before, countenance, face, forebearing, forehead, (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, × worthy, wrath.
n.m — nostril
אַף 277 n.m. nostril, nose, face, anger
1. nostril, as organ of breathing
2. Dn. face
3. mostly anger
H7810
n-m — donation
Derivation: from 7809;
a donation (venal or redemptive)
KJV: bribe(-ry), gift, present, reward.
n.m — present
שֹׁ֫חַד n.m. present, specif. bribe
H2436
n-m — bosom
Derivation: or חֵק; and חוֹק; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose;
the bosom (literally or figuratively)
KJV: bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within.
n.[m.] — bosom
חֵיק, חֵק n.[m.] bosom
1. of fold of garment, at breast
2. carry in bosom
3. bosom as part of body
H2534
n-f — heat, anger, poison
Derivation: or (Daniel 11:44) חֵמָא; from 3179;
heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
KJV: anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(-ful). See 2529.
n.f — heat
חֵמָה, (once חֵמָא) 121 n.f. heat, rage
1. heat:
a. fever
b. venom, poison
2. burning anger, rage:
a. of man
b. of the he-goat in Daniel's vision
a. of God
H5794
a — strong, vehement, harsh
Derivation: from 5810;
strong, vehement, harsh
KJV: fierce, greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong.
adj — strong
עַז adj. strong, mighty, fierce
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Verse 14
Proverbs 21:14
Here is, 1. The power that is commonly found to be in gifts. Nothing is more violent than anger. O the force of strong wrath! And yet a handsome present, prudently managed, will turn away some men's wrath when it seemed implacable, and disarm the keenest and most passionate resentments. Covetousness is commonly a master-sin and has the command of other lusts. Pecuniae obediunt omnia - Money commands all things. Thus Jacob pacified Esau and Abigail David. 2. The policy that is commonly used in giving and receiving bribes. It must be a gift in secret and a reward in the bosom, for he that takes it would not be thought to covet it, nor known to receive it, nor would he willingly be beholden to him whom he has been offended with; but, if it be done privately, all is well. No man should be too open in giving any gift, nor boast of the presents he sends; but, if it be a bribe to pervert justice, that is so scandalous that those who are fond of it are ashamed of it.