Comments on: Q&A: The Stiff Burning Neck of Proverbs 29:1 http://goddidntsaythat.com/2010/02/07/q-and-a-the-stiff-burning-neck-of-proverbs-29-1/ Bible Translations and Mistranslations Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:54:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: WoundedEgo http://goddidntsaythat.com/2010/02/07/q-and-a-the-stiff-burning-neck-of-proverbs-29-1/#comment-1318 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:33:48 +0000 http://goddidntsaythat.com/?p=1631#comment-1318 Thanks.

I’m thrilled with the insight into the “fire” issue.

I’m more tepid about the other, and here’s why…

While MARPEI *can* refer to a generic “remedy,” it also seems to have strong “curative” and “healing” usage as well. I can’t seem to look at this verse without visualizing the neck breaking:

YLT
Pro 29:1 A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

I guess that what can be said with certainty is that the author’s intent cannot be determined, but that an allusion to a broken neck certainly fits, even if it was all originally intended as an abstraction.

Do you have any comment on the “man of reproofs” idiom?

Thanks.

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