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Restraining her is like restraining the wind, Or like grasping oil in his right hand.
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The Futility of Restraint
Commentators agree that this verse illustrates an impossible task. Trying to restrain or control a contentious person is as futile as attempting to grasp the wind. One scholar suggests the second phrase means she will slip through your grasp like oil, emphasizing the impossibility of control.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The point is the impossibility of concealment or restraint. A person cannot hide the wind, or clasp it in his hands. If he takes an ointment in his…
19th Century
Anglican
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind— that is, you might as well try to stop the wind from blowing as seek to restrain he…
Baptist
That is to say, if a man put sweet ointment on his hand, the smell of it would soon be perceived; so, if a woman is of a contentious, angry, quarre…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whoever hides her hides the wind Whoever attempts to stop her brawls and contentions, to repress and restrain them, …
The contentions of a neighbour may be like a sharp shower, troublesome for a time; the contentions of a wife are like constant rain.
