Amsal 17:6

17:6 Grandchildren ¹  are like ²  a crown ³  to the elderly,

and the glory ⁴  of children is their parents. ⁵ 

Yesaya 10:1-2

10:1 Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, ⁶ 

those who are always instituting unfair regulations, ⁷ 

10:2 to keep the poor from getting fair treatment,

and to deprive ⁸  the oppressed among my people of justice,

so they can steal what widows own,

and loot what belongs to orphans. ⁹ 

[17:6]  ¹ tn Heb “children of children [sons of sons].”

[17:6]  ² tn The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[17:6]  ³ sn The metaphor signifies that grandchildren are like a crown, that is, they are the “crowning glory” of life. The proverb comes from a culture that places great importance on the family in society and that values its heritage.

[17:6]  ⁴ tn The noun תִּפְאָרָת (tif’arat) means “beauty; glory” (BDB 802 s.v.). In this passage “glory” seems to be identified with “glorying; boasting”; so a rendering that children are proud of their parents would be in order. Thus, “glory of children” would be a subjective genitive, the glorying that children do.”

[17:6]  ⁵ tc The LXX has inserted: “To the faithful belongs the whole world of wealth, but to the unfaithful not an obulus.” It was apparently some popular sentiment at the time.

[17:6]  tn Heb “their fathers.”

[10:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “Woe [to] those who decree evil decrees.” On הוֹי (hoy, “woe, ah”) see the note on the first phrase of 1:4.

[10:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “[to] the writers who write out harm.” The participle and verb are in the Piel, suggesting repetitive action.

[10:2]  ⁸ tn Or “rob” (ASV, NASB, NCV, NRSV); KJV “take away the right from the poor.”

[10:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “so that widows are their plunder, and they can loot orphans.”

[10:2]  sn On the socio-economic background of vv. 1-2, see the note at 1:23.