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So the churning of anger produces strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/30.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For the churning of milk produces butter, And pressing the nose brings forth blood; So the churning of anger produces strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/30.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For the churning of milk produces butter, And pressing the nose brings forth blood; So the churning of anger produces strife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/30.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For pressing milk brings forth butter, And pressing the nose brings forth blood; And pressing anger brings forth strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/30.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Surely the churning of milk produces butter, And wringing the nose produces blood; So the churning of anger produces strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/30.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the churning of milk produces butter, and twisting a nose draws blood, and stirring up anger produces strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/30.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the churning of milk produces butter, and twisting a nose draws blood, and stirring up anger produces strife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/30.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood; So the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/30.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If you churn milk you get butter; if you pound on your nose, you get blood--and if you stay angry, you get in trouble. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/30.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/30.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />As churning milk produces butter and punching a nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces a fight. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/30.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If you churn milk, you get butter. If you hit someone's nose, it bleeds. If you stir up anger, you get into trouble. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/30.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Just as whipping milk produces butter, and twisting the nose causes bleeding, so also stirring up anger produces contention.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/30.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/30.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For as the churning of milk produces butter and as punching the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/30.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For as the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/30.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/30.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For as the churning of milk produces butter, and the wringing of the nose produces blood, so the forcing of wrath produces strife.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/30.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For the churning of milk brings out butter, "" And the wringing of the nose brings out blood, "" And the forcing of anger brings out strife!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For the churning of milk bringeth out butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth out blood, And the forcing of anger bringeth out strife!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/30.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For the pressure of milk will bring forth cheese, and the pressure of the nose will bring forth blood: and the pressure of wrath will, bring forth contention.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he that strongly squeezeth the papa to bring out milk, straineth out butter: and he that violently bloweth his nose, bringeth out blood: and he that provoketh wrath bringeth forth strife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/30.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But whoever strongly squeezes the udder to bring out the milk, presses out butter. And whoever violently blows his nose, brings out blood. And whoever provokes wrath, brings forth discord.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/30.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For as the churning of milk produces curds, and the pressing of the nose produces blood, the churning of anger produces strife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/30.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For as pressing milk produces curds, and pressing the nose produces blood, so pressing anger produces strife.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/30.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Out of the richness of the milk comes forth butter; and if you press your hand on a raw grain of wheat, it will bring forth juices; thus out of the strife goes forth judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/30.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />From the fat of the milk butter comes forth, but if you squeeze your hand upon wheat, blood will come forth, so from contention among people judgment goes forth. <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/30.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For the churning of milk bringeth forth curd, And the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood; So the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/30.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Milk out milk, and there shall be butter, and if thou wing <i>one's</i> nostrils there shall come out blood: so if thou extort words, there will come forth quarrels and strifes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/30-33.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=6401" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/30.htm">The Words of Agur</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">32</span>If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth. <span class="reftext">33</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/4330.htm" title="4330: mîṣ (N-msc) -- Squeezing, pressing, wringing. From muwts; pressure.">as the churning</a> <a href="/hebrew/2461.htm" title="2461: ḥā·lāḇ (N-ms) -- Milk. From the same as cheleb; milk.">of milk</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: yō·w·ṣî (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">yields</a> <a href="/hebrew/2529.htm" title="2529: ḥem·’āh (N-fs) -- Curd. Or chemah; from the same root as chowmah; curdled milk or cheese.">butter,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4330.htm" title="4330: ū·mîṣ- (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Squeezing, pressing, wringing. From muwts; pressure.">and the twisting</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap̄ (N-ms) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">of the nose</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: yō·w·ṣî (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">draws</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: ḏām (N-ms) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">blood,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4330.htm" title="4330: ū·mîṣ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Squeezing, pressing, wringing. From muwts; pressure.">so the stirring</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap·pa·yim (N-md) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">of anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: yō·w·ṣî (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">brings forth</a> <a href="/hebrew/7379.htm" title="7379: rîḇ (N-ms) -- Strife, dispute. Or rib; from riyb; a contest.">strife.”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-20.htm">James 1:20</a></span><br />for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-22.htm">Matthew 5:22</a></span><br />But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-31.htm">Ephesians 4:31</a></span><br />Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a></span><br />The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-8.htm">Colossians 3:8</a></span><br />But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/4-5.htm">Genesis 4:5-8</a></span><br />but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell. / “Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen? / If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-12.htm">1 John 3:12</a></span><br />Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-9.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:9</a></span><br />Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-19.htm">Romans 12:19</a></span><br />Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/20-30.htm">1 Samuel 20:30-34</a></span><br />Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you? / For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!” / “Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-11.htm">2 Kings 5:11-12</a></span><br />But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy. / Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-8.htm">Psalm 37:8</a></span><br />Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-20.htm">Isaiah 57:20</a></span><br />But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/2-23.htm">2 Timothy 2:23-24</a></span><br />But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling. / And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-19.htm">Exodus 32:19</a></span><br />As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood: so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/29-22.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-10.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/psalms/55-21.htm">Butter</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-8.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/job/30-27.htm">Churning</a> <a href="/job/20-17.htm">Curd</a> <a href="/job/20-17.htm">Curds</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-22.htm">Fighting</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-21.htm">Forcing</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-27.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-17.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-27.htm">Milk</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-22.htm">Nose</a> <a href="/esther/1-8.htm">Pressing</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-15.htm">Produces</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-19.htm">Shaking</a> <a href="/judges/9-31.htm">Stirring</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-22.htm">Strife</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-4.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/job/28-4.htm">Twisting</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-22.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/5-17.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-6.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-15.htm">Butter</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-5.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/daniel/7-2.htm">Churning</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-15.htm">Curd</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-15.htm">Curds</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-2.htm">Fighting</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-6.htm">Forcing</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-19.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-17.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/songs/4-11.htm">Milk</a> <a href="/songs/7-4.htm">Nose</a> <a href="/amos/2-13.htm">Pressing</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-16.htm">Produces</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-3.htm">Shaking</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-17.htm">Stirring</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-8.htm">Strife</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-18.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-18.htm">Twisting</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-17.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 30</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/30-1.htm">Agur's confession of his faith</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/30-7.htm">The two points of his prayer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/30-10.htm">The meanest are not to be wronged</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/30-11.htm">Four wicked generations</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/30-15.htm">Four things insatiable</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/30-24.htm">four things exceeding wise</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/30-29.htm">Four things stately</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/30-32.htm">Wrath is to be prevented</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Churning milk to produce butter was a common practice, illustrating a natural cause-and-effect relationship. The process of churning involves continuous agitation, which transforms the milk into butter, symbolizing how persistent actions lead to inevitable outcomes. This imagery is consistent with other biblical teachings on sowing and reaping, such as <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7</a>, which emphasizes that actions have consequences. The metaphor underscores the predictability of certain results from specific actions, a theme prevalent in wisdom literature.<p><b>and the twisting of the nose draws blood</b><br>The imagery here is vivid and physical, illustrating a direct and immediate consequence of a specific action. Twisting the nose is an aggressive act that naturally results in bleeding, much like how certain provocations lead to conflict. This phrase reflects the biblical principle of cause and effect, similar to <a href="/proverbs/26-17.htm">Proverbs 26:17</a>, which warns against meddling in quarrels not one's own. The cultural context of the time would have understood this as a straightforward analogy, emphasizing the inevitability of certain reactions to provocation.<p><b>so the stirring of anger brings forth strife</b><br>This conclusion ties the previous analogies to the emotional and relational realm. Anger, when stirred or provoked, naturally leads to conflict and discord, much like the physical processes described earlier. This aligns with biblical teachings on the dangers of anger, such as <a href="/james/1-19.htm">James 1:19-20</a>, which advises believers to be slow to anger. The wisdom literature often warns against the destructive power of anger, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/15-18.htm">Proverbs 15:18</a>, which contrasts a hot-tempered person with one who is patient. The phrase serves as a caution against allowing anger to fester, highlighting the importance of self-control and peacemaking, virtues exemplified by Jesus Christ, who taught and embodied reconciliation and forgiveness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/agur.htm">Agur</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/proverbs/30.htm">Proverbs 30</a>, Agur son of Jakeh, is a figure about whom little is known, but he is credited with this collection of wise sayings.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/ancient_israel.htm">Ancient Israel</a></b><br>The cultural and historical context in which the Proverbs were written, providing insight into the daily life and wisdom traditions of the time.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/proverbs.htm">Proverbs</a></b><br>A book of the Bible consisting of wise sayings and teachings, often attributed to Solomon, but also including contributions from other wise men like Agur.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_anger.htm">The Consequences of Anger</a></b><br>Just as physical actions like churning milk or twisting a nose have predictable outcomes, so does stirring up anger. It inevitably leads to strife and conflict.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/self-control_and_wisdom.htm">Self-Control and Wisdom</a></b><br>Exercising self-control and wisdom in our interactions can prevent unnecessary conflict. Proverbs encourages us to be mindful of our words and actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_words.htm">The Power of Words</a></b><br>Words can stir up anger or bring peace. As believers, we are called to use our words to build up rather than tear down.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/peacemaking_as_a_christian_duty.htm">Peacemaking as a Christian Duty</a></b><br>Christians are called to be peacemakers, reflecting the peace of Christ in their relationships and communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflecting_christ's_character.htm">Reflecting Christ's Character</a></b><br>In moments of potential conflict, believers should strive to reflect Christ's character, responding with patience and love rather than anger.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_30.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 30</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_avoid_strife,_promote_peace.htm">How can we avoid strife and promote peace?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_good_news_of_jesus_christ.htm">How does envy affect your peace and relationships?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_proverbs_30_7-9.htm">Proverbs 30:7-9 emphasizes neither poverty nor riches; how do we reconcile this with other passages that promise material blessings?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_a_biblical_proverb.htm">What defines a biblical proverb?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/30.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(33) <span class= "bld">Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter. . . .</span>--The same word is used in the Hebrew for the three which appear in the Authorised Version, "churning," "wringing," and "forcing." The sense will be, "For (as) pressure on milk produces butter, and pressure on the nose produces blood, (so) pressure on wrath (violence towards a hot-tempered person) produces anger." (Comp. <a href="/proverbs/15-1.htm" title="A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.">Proverbs 15:1</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/30.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 33.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter.</span> The same word, <span class="accented">mits</span>, is used for "churning," "wringing," and "forcing;" it means "pressure" in all the cases, though with a different application. At the present day milk is churned in the East by enclosing it in a leathern bottle, which is then suspended in the air and jerked to and fro till the butter is produced. This process could scarcely be called "pressure," though, possibly, the squeezing of the udder is meant, as the Septuagint and Vulgate take it. But most probably the reference is to cheese, the term used, <span class="accented">chemah</span>, being applied indifferently to curdled milk and cheese. To produce this substance, the curdled milk is put into little baskets of rush or palm leaves, tied closely, and then pressed under heavy stones. What the proverb says is that, as the pressure applied to milk produces cheese, and as pressure applied to the nose brings blood, <span class="cmt_word">so the pressure of wrath bringeth forth strife;</span> the irritation and provocation of anger occasion quarrels and contentions. They say in Malabar, remarks Lane, "Anger is a stone cast into a wasp's nest." Septuagint, "Press out milk, and there shall be butter; and if thou violently squeeze the nostrils, blood will come forth; and if thou draw forth words, there will come forth quarrels and strifes." It is the third clause which is important, and to which the others lead up; and the verse must be taken in connection with the preceding, as enforcing the duty of self-restraint and silence under certain circumstances. Some of the Fathers, commenting on the Vulgate rendering (<span class="accented">Qui fortiter premit ubera ad eliciendum lac</span>, <span class="accented">exprimit butyrum</span>; <span class="accented">et qui vehementer emungit</span>, <span class="accented">elicit sanguinem</span>), apply the passage to the handling of the Word of God. Thus St Gregory ('Moral.,' 21:3), "Divine sentences require sometimes to be viewed externally, sometimes to be explored internally. For we 'press the udder strongly' when we weigh with minute understanding the word of sacred revelation, by which way of pressing whilst we seek milk, we find butter, because, whilst we seek to be fed with but a little insight, we are anointed with the abundance of interior richness. Which, nevertheless, we ought neither to do too much, nor at all times, lest, while milk is sought for from the udder, there should follow blood. For very often, persons, whilst they sift the words of sacred revelation more than they ought, fall into a carnal apprehension. For 'he draws forth blood who wringeth violently.' Since that is rendered carnal which is perceived by an overgreat sifting of the spirit" (Oxford transl.). <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/30-33.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as the churning</span><br /><span class="heb">מִ֪יץ</span> <span class="translit">(mîṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4330.htm">Strong's 4330: </a> </span><span class="str2">Squeezing, pressing, wringing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of milk</span><br /><span class="heb">חָלָ֡ב</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·lāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2461.htm">Strong's 2461: </a> </span><span class="str2">Milk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">yields</span><br /><span class="heb">י֘וֹצִ֤יא</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·ṣî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">butter,</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶמְאָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḥem·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2529.htm">Strong's 2529: </a> </span><span class="str2">Curdled milk, cheese</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the twisting</span><br /><span class="heb">וּֽמִיץ־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mîṣ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4330.htm">Strong's 4330: </a> </span><span class="str2">Squeezing, pressing, wringing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the nose</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֭ף</span> <span class="translit">(’ap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">draws</span><br /><span class="heb">י֣וֹצִיא</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·ṣî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">blood,</span><br /><span class="heb">דָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so the stirring</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִ֥יץ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mîṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4330.htm">Strong's 4330: </a> </span><span class="str2">Squeezing, pressing, wringing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of anger</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֝פַּ֗יִם</span> <span class="translit">(’ap·pa·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">brings forth</span><br /><span class="heb">י֣וֹצִיא</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·ṣî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">strife.</span><br /><span class="heb">רִֽיב׃</span> <span class="translit">(rîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7379.htm">Strong's 7379: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strife, dispute</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/30-33.htm">Proverbs 30:33 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/30-33.htm">Proverbs 30:33 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/30-33.htm">Proverbs 30:33 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/30-33.htm">Proverbs 30:33 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/30-33.htm">Proverbs 30:33 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/30-33.htm">Proverbs 30:33 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/30-33.htm">Proverbs 30:33 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/30-33.htm">Proverbs 30:33 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/30-33.htm">Proverbs 30:33 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/30-33.htm">Proverbs 30:33 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/30-33.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 30:33 For as the churning of milk brings (Prov. 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