SEV Biblia, Chapter 28:23
¶ El que reprende al hombre, hallará después mayor gracia que el que lisonjea con la lengua.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 23. He that rebuketh a man , etc.] His friend and acquaintance, for any fault committed by him; which reproof he gives in a free and faithful manner, yet kind, tender, and affectionate. The word rendered “afterwards”, which begins the next clause, according to the accents belongs to this, and is by some rendered, “he that rebuketh a man after me” f797 ; after my directions, according to the rules I have given; that is, after God, and by his order; or Solomon, after his example, who delivered out these sentences and instructions. The Targum so connects the word, and renders the clause, “he that rebukes a man before him;” openly, to his thee: but rather it may be rendered “behind”; that is, as Cocceius interprets it, apart, alone, privately, and secretly, when they are by themselves; which agrees with Christ’s instructions, ( Matthew 18:15); afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue ; for though the reproofs given him may uneasy upon his mind at first, and may be cutting and wounding, and give him some pain, and so some dislike to the reprover; yet when he coolly considers the nature and tendency of the reproof, the manner in which it was given, and the design of it, he will love, value, and esteem his faithful friend and rebuker, more than the man that fawned upon him, and flattered him with having done that which was right and well; or, as the Targum, than he that divideth the tongue, or is doubletongued; and so the Syriac version; (see Proverbs 27:5,6 <19E103> Psalm 141:3).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 23 - Upon reflection, most will have a better opinion of a faithful reprove than of a soothing flatterer.
Original Hebrew
מוכיח 3198 אדם 120 אחרי 310 חן 2580 ימצא 4672 ממחליק 2505 לשׁון׃ 3956
