| Proverbs 5:16
| Let thy fountains be conveyed abroad, and in the streets divide thy waters.
| Waters. Mayst thou have a numerous offspring, (ver. 10.) and be liberal. Many copies of the Septuagint, etc., have a negation, with Aquila, "let not thy," etc., (Calmet) though it may be read with an interrogation, "are the waters of thy fountain to be?" etc. (De Dieu) --- By no means. Origen (in Numbers xii.) acknowledges both readings. (Calmet) --- Good instructions must be given to those who are well disposed, but not to scoffers, or obstinate infidels. (Worthington) --- Husbands are exhorted to be content with their own wives, (ver. 15, 20.) so that the negative particle seems to be here wanting, as it is, Proverbs 6:17., in Manuscript 60, (Kennicott) and Proverbs 14:33. (Septuagint, etc.) (Capellus)
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