Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
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Gill's Exposition
Whoso is partner with a thief,.... That robs and steals, and raises away another man's property; which to do is sinful and contrary to the law of God, and punishable by it; and so it is to join with…
Barnes' Notes
On the first discovery of the theft, the person wronged Jdg 17:2, or the judge of the city (marginal reference), pronounced a solemn curse on the thief and on all who, knowing the offender, were…
Matthew Henry
See here what sin and ruin those involve themselves in who are drawn away by the enticement of sinners. 1. They incur a great deal of guilt: He does so that goes partner with such as rob and defraud,…
Cambridge Bible
cursing Rather, the adjuration, sc. of the judge (Lev 5:1), or of the owner of the lost property (Jdg 17:2), who puts him on his oath to divulge if he has knowledge of the theft.
bewrayeth Rather,…
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