![]() The idea is, that they would speak with effect they would distinguish themselves they would let their presence be known. See the notes at Job 6:20.īut they shall speak with the enemies in the gate - Margin, "shall subdue, or destroy." The Hebrew word, however, means "to speak " and the meaning is, that they would "speak" to their foes in the place of conflict - for a battle occurred often in the gate of a city, as the possession of a gate, or an entrance to a city was of so much importance to those who attacked, and those who defended it. They shall not be ashamed - They shall not turn back discomfited, hanging their heads with shame and confusion. This is in accordance with the idea often presented in the Bible, and the promise often made there of a numerous posterity as a proof of the divine favor. That hath his quiver full of them - The quiver is a case in which arrows are carried and as a man - a hunter or warrior - feels secure when he has his quiver full of arrows, so a man is blessed in proportion to the number of his sons. This view certainly receives support from Job 5:4, where we have the very opposite picture of a tyrant’s sons, not only unable to support their father, but themselves “crushed in the gate ” and the phrase “speak with their enemies” in this same verse may be illustrated from Joshua 20:4 Jeremiah 12:1.īarnes' Notes on the BibleHappy is the man - Hebrew, The happiness of the man. On the other hand, it is the habit of Hebrew poetry to accumulate metaphors, and the gate is so commonly spoken of as the place of public resort, where legal cases were decided ( Isaiah 29:21 Amos 5:12, &c), that it is quite as likely that the allusion here is to the support which a man’s just cause would receive when evidently backed up by a long retinue of stalwart sons. With harm, and honour whom their father loves Obedient offspring, to requite their foes “Therefore men pray to have around their hearth, They shall not be discomfited, but they shall challenge their enemies in the gates. ![]() From the figure of the warrior and the arrows we should expect here, too, a martial image. (See especially Psalm 107:43.) Parents who have large families of sons are evidently intended. There is here one of the sudden changes of number in which Hebrew poetry abounds. The archer reaches down into his quiver and pulls out an arrow with beautifully colored feather fletching.Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) They.-Not the sons. Examples Of How Quiver Is Used In Commentaryġ. ![]() For example, if the archer is shooting for practice or is hunting. The number of arrows would also depend on what the archer is doing. On average, it appears most archers carry between three and six arrows, max. Quivers that are fixed to an archer’s bow tend to carry three to seven arrows. The amount of arrows would depend on the size of the quiver and the length of the arrows. How Many Arrows Can Be Held In A Quiver?ġ. Quivers can also be fixed onto the bow, but they are limited in the amount of arrows it can carry. There are also quivers that rest on the ground that can be used when the archer is shooting from a fixed location. Quivers are made to be worn at the waist or on the archer’s back and were originally designed for hunting. Qui*ver What Is The Definition Of Quiver In Archery?ġ. This container is used to hold arrows near or on the archer’s body.
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