C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on Proverbs 25:25
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Proverbs25:25
Pro 25:25 25 Fresh water to a thirsty soul; And good news from a far country.Vid., regarding the form of this proverb, vol. i. p. 9; we have a similar proverb regarding the influence of good news at Pro 15:30. Fresh cold water is called at Jer 18:14 מים קרים; vid., regarding קר, 18:27. “עיף, cogn. יעף, and עוּף, properly to become darkened, therefore figuratively like (Arab.) gushiya 'alyh, to become faint, to become feeble unto death, of the darkness which spreads itself over the eyes” (Fleischer).
This proverb, with the figure of “fresh water,” is now followed by one with the figure of a “fountain”:
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