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Gill's Exposition
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold,.... For the trying, proving, and purifying these metals; see Pro 17:3;
so is a man to his praise; or "according to the mouth of his praise"…
Barnes' Notes
As we see our own face when we look on the mirror-like surface of the water, so in every heart of man we may see our own likeness. In spite of all diversities we come upon the common human nature in…
Matthew Henry
This shows us that there is a way, 1. Of knowing ourselves. As the water is a looking-glass in which we may see our faces by reflection, so there are mirrors by which the heart of a man is discovered…
Cambridge Bible
in water This rendering of A.V., which is retained in R.V. text, gives a good and pregnant meaning: As truly as the face seen in the water resembles the face of which it is the reflection, so truly…