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Proverbs 1:13–14

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1:13We will seize70 all kinds71 of precious wealth;

we will fill our houses with plunder.72

1:14Join with us!73

We will all share74 equally in what we steal.”75

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Footnotes

  1. 70 Heb “find.” The use of the verb מָצָא (matsa’, “to find”) is deliberate understatement to rhetorically down-play the heinous act of thievery.
  2. 71 Heb “all wealth of preciousness.”
  3. 72 The noun שָׁלָל (shalal, “plunder”) functions as an adverbial accusative of material: “with plunder.” This term is normally used for the spoils of war (e.g., Deut 20:14; Josh 7:21; Judg 8:24, 25; 1 Sam 30:20) but here refers to “stolen goods” (so , ; e.g., Isa 10:2; Prov 16:19; 1022 3). The enticement was to join a criminal gang and adopt a life of crime to enjoy ill-gotten gain (A. Cohen, Proverbs, 4). Cf. , “booty”; “loot.”
  4. 73 Heb “Throw in your lot with us.” This is a figurative expression (hypocatastasis) urging the naive to join their life of crime and divide their loot equally. The noun גּוֹרָל (goral, “lot”) can refer to (1) lot thrown for decision-making processes, e.g., choosing the scapegoat (Lev 16:8), discovering a guilty party (Jonah 1:7) or allocating property (Josh 18:6); (2) allotted portion (Josh 15:1) and (3) allotted fate or future destiny (Prov 1:14; Dan 12:13; see 174 ). Here the criminals urged the lad to share their life. The verb תַּפִּיל (tappil) is an imperfect of injunction: “Throw in …!” but might also be an imperfect of permission: “you may throw.” It functions metonymically as an invitation to join their life of crime: “share with us” ( 658 3).
  5. 74 Heb “there will be to all of us.”
  6. 75 Heb “one purse” (so , , ). The term כִּיס (kis, “purse; bag”) is a synecdoche of container (= purse) for contents (= stolen goods). The adjective אֶחָד (’ekhad, “one”) indicates that the thieves promised to share equally in what they had stolen.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

we shall find all precious goods,

we shall fill our houses with plunder;

throw in your lot among us;

we will all have one purse”—

NIVNew International Version (2011)

we will get all sorts of valuable things

and fill our houses with plunder;

cast lots with us;

we will all share the loot”—

CSBChristian Standard Bible

We’ll find all kinds of valuable property

and fill our houses with plunder.

Throw in your lot with us,

and we’ll all share the loot”—

NLTNew Living Translation

Think of the great things we’ll get!

We’ll fill our houses with all the stuff we take.

Come, throw in your lot with us;

we’ll all share the loot.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

We shall find all precious wealth,

we shall fill our houses with booty,

you shall throw your lot in our midst,

there will be one purse for all of us.”

KJV 1900King James Version

We shall find all precious substance,

We shall fill our houses with spoil:

Cast in thy lot among us;

Let us all have one purse: