King James Version
Proverbs 23:11 in the King James Version says “For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.”
Proverbs 23:11 · KJV
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: landmark: or, bound
For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For their redeemer”
H1350to redeem (according to the middle eastern law of kinship), i.e., to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his wido
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“he shall plead”
H7378properly, to toss, i.e., grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e., hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
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