Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
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Gill's Exposition
Children's children are the crown of old men,.... Ancient parents. Grandfathers with the Jews are called old men, as Buxtorf (d) observes. A numerous progeny was reckoned a great blessing to a man; to…
Barnes' Notes
The reciprocity of good in sustained family relationships. A long line of children’s children is the glory of old age, a long line of ancestors the glory of their descendants.
Matthew Henry
They are so, that is, they should be so, and, if they conduct themselves worthily, they are so. 1. It is an honour to parents when they are old to leave children, and children's children, growing up,…
Cambridge Bible
"A beautiful family picture of linked and mutually blessed "generations." Horton.
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