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It will be health to your body, And nourishment to your bones.
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Health from the Core Out
Commentators explain that "navel" and "marrow to thy bones" are powerful metaphors. The navel represents the body's vital center, while marrow (or "watering" as some translate it) signifies deep, internal strength and refreshment. The verse promises a profound, core-deep well-being that affects the entire person.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Navel - The central region of the body is taken as the representative of all the vital organs. For “health” we should read healing, or, as i…
19th Century
Anglican
Navel. —As it is the center, and so the most important part of the body. (Compare the epithet applied to Delphi, “navel of the ear…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
It shall be health to your navel That part of the body which is the knot of the intestines; and may be put for the b…
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