Proverbios 28:17

17 El hombre que hace violencia con sangre de persona, huirá hasta el sepulcro, y nadie le sustentará

Proverbios 28:17 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 28:17

A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person
That sheds the blood of any in a violent manner; that lays violent hands upon a club, and takes away his life, contrary to the law in ( Genesis 9:6 ) . Or, "that is pressed because of the blood of any person" ^F17; pressed in his own mind; filled with horror, and tortured in his conscience, for the innocent blood he has shed: the letter "daleth" in the word "Adam" is lesser than usual; and Vitringa, on ( Isaiah 34:6 ) ; observes, that it signifies a man red with blood, oppressed in his conscience, and depressed by God, which this minute letter is a symbol of; and thinks it applicable to Edom or Rome: or it signifies one pressed, pursued, and dose followed by the avenger of blood; shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him;
support or help him. When such a murderer flees, and is pursued, and unawares falls into a pit, or is like to do so, let no man warn him of it, or help him out of it; or if he flees to a pit to hide himself, let no man hold him or detain him there, or suffer him to continue in such a lurking place, but discover him or pluck him out; or, if he is a fugitive and a vagabond all his days, as Cain, the murderer of his brother, was, till he comes to the pit of the grave, let no man yield him any support or sustenance.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (Mdb qve) "pressus propter sanguinem animae", Amama, Cartwright; so R. Joseph Kimchi in D. Kimchii Sepher Shorash rad. (qve) .

Proverbios 28:17 In-Context

15 León rugiente y oso hambriento, es el príncipe impío sobre el pueblo pobre

16 El príncipe falto de inteligencia multiplicará los agravios; mas el que aborrece la avaricia, prolongará sus días

17 El hombre que hace violencia con sangre de persona, huirá hasta el sepulcro, y nadie le sustentará

18 El que camina en integridad, será salvo; mas el de perversos caminos caerá en alguno

19 El que labra su tierra, se saciará de pan; mas el que sigue a los ociosos, se llenará de pobreza