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"It`s no good, it`s no good," says the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
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The Buyer's Deception
Scholars unanimously explain this verse as a depiction of a common, dishonest bargaining tactic. A buyer will falsely claim an item is "bad" or "worthless" to convince the seller to lower the price. Once the deal is done, they leave and then boast about the great bargain they secured through their cleverness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Naught - Bad, worthless (2 Kings 2:19).
19th Century
Anglican
It is naught, saith the buyer.—He disparages the goods he wants to purchase.
Then he boasteth.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[It is] naught, [it is] naught, says the buyer When he comes to the shop of the seller, or to market to buy goods, h…
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People use schemes to get a good bargain and to buy cheaply; whereas a person ought to be ashamed of fraud and a lie.
