Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
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Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
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Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
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Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 6:28 Can one go upon hot coals, and…
Pro 6:28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
Ver. 28. Can one go upon hot coals?] Similitudes are never set out to confirm or confute, but to adorn and illustrate, giving unto their matter a certain kind of lively gesture, and stirring up thereby men’s drowsy minds to the consideration and acknowledgment of the truth, and to the pursuit and practice of virtue and godliness. Of the great use of similes, we may read in Chrysost., Hom. in Gen.; Origen in Levit.; August. de Doctrina Christ., lib. ii.; Greg. Moral., lib. iii. cap. 36, &c.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So he that goeth into his neighbour's wife,.... To…
So he that goeth into his neighbour's wife,.... To converse with her, or lie with her, as the Targum; for it means not barely going into her house or chamber, or into her company, though without any ill design at first, which yet may be dangerous; but committing adultery with her, as this phrase is often used, Gen 19:31;
whosoever toucheth her; by impure dalliances, and especially by carnal copulation with her, in which sense it is used; see Gill on Co1 7:1;
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shall not be innocent; or free (r) from disgrace and infamy, from loss of substance or health; from punishment in this life, either by the jealous husband or civil magistrate; and in the world to come by the Lord himself; for "whoremongers and adulterers God will judge", Heb 13:4.
(r) "non insons, vel immunis", Schultens; so Gejerus.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Can one go upon hot coals, etc.? The repeated…
Can one go upon hot coals, etc.? The repeated question is introduced by gin, "if," here equivalent to the Latin an, used in double questions, as in Gen_24:21 Exo_17:7 Jud_1:9:2, etc. Go; i.e. walk upon hot coals (Hebrew, al-haggekalim); literally, upon the hot coals. The Hebrew gakheleth is coals thoroughly ignited, as in Lev_16:12 and Pro_25:22; different from pekham of Pro_26:21, which is "a black coal," or, as Gesenius explains, charcoal unkindled. Be burned; Hebrew, tikkaveynah; i.e. be burned or scorched so as to leave a mark by burning, as in Isa_43:2; this being the force of the verb kavah. The flames of lust will certainly be visited with punishment, and with the stings of conscience. Job, speaking on this very subject, says a deviation from the paths of virtue "is a fire that consumeth to destruction." And to him who gives way to adultery it may be said, in the words of Horace, though with a different application from that in which they were used by that poet, "incedis per ignes suppositos cineri doloso." "You are walking over fire that lies hidden under deceitful ashes" (Gejerus).
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching…
Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
Walking on hot coals will scorch a person's feet, so the implied answer is "no." AT: "Every man who walks on hot coals will have scorched feet." (See: Rhetorical Question)
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walk on hot coals
This stands for committing adultery. (See: Metaphor)
walk
That is to slowly walk a long distance, without using tricks or magic.
scorching
"burning"
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