WEB
The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
BSB
The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
KJV
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H539
v — build up, support, foster, render, be, firm, trust, permanent, be true
Derivation: a primitive root; (Isaiah 30:21; interchangeable with 541, to go to the right hand)
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;
KJV: hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
vb — confirm
[אָמַן] vb. confirm, support
Qal
1. as vb. support, nourish
2. as subst. foster-father
3. foster-mother, nurse
4. pillars, supporters of the door
Niph.
1. carried by nurse
2. made firm, sure, lasting
3. confirmed, established, sure
4. verified, confirmed
5. reliable, faithful, trusty
Hiph.
1. stand firm
2. trust, believe
H6482
n-m — wound
Derivation: from 6481;
a wound
KJV: wound(-ing).
n.m — bruise
פֶּ֫צַע n.m. bruise, wound
H157
v — have affection
Derivation: or אָהֵב ; a primitive root;
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV: (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
vb — love
אָהֵב 216 vb. love
Qal
1. human love to human object
2. less oft. of appetite
3. love to God
4. esp. Pt.
5. of divine love
Niph. Pt. pl. lovely, loveable
Pi.
1. friends
2. lovers
H6280
v — be, make, abundant
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be (causatively, make) abundant
KJV: deceitful, multiply.
vb — be abundant
[עָתַר] vb. be abundant
Niph. crooked, hypocritical
Hiph. ye have multiplied against me your words
H5390
n-f — kiss
Derivation: from 5401;
a kiss
KJV: kiss.
n.f — kiss
[נְשִׁיקָה] n.f. kiss
H8130
v — hate
Derivation: a primitive root;
to hate (personally)
KJV: enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, × utterly.
vb — hate
שָׂנֵא 145 vb. hate
Qal 128 hate
Niph. is hated
Pi. enemy
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Verses 5–6
Proverbs 27:5–6
Note, 1. It is good for us to be reproved, and told of our faults, by our friends. If true love in the heart has but zeal and courage enough to show itself in dealing plainly with our friends, and reproving them for what they say and do amiss, this is really better, not only than secret hatred (as Lev 19:17), but than secret love, that love to our neighbours which does not show itself in this good fruit, which compliments them in their sins, to the prejudice of their souls. Faithful are the reproofs of a friend, though for the present they are painful as wounds. It is a sign that our friends are faithful indeed if, in love to our souls, they will not suffer sin upon us, nor let us alone in it. The physician's care is to cure the patient's disease, not to please his palate. 2. It is dangerous to be caressed and flattered by an enemy, whose kisses are deceitful We can take no pleasure in them because we can put no confidence in them (Joab's kiss and Judas's were deceitful), and therefore we have need to stand upon our guard, that we be not deluded by them; they are to be deprecated. Some read it: The Lord deliver us from an enemy's kisses, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
Cross-references: Lev 19:17