Fully Giving Vent
~ Quite often we see Proverbs 29:11 as: Fools give full vent to their rage , but the wise bring calm in the end. (NIV) Or A fool gives full vent to his anger , but a wise person holds it in check. Or A fool lets fly with all his temper , but a wise person keeps it back. ~ The Hebrew has the words "his spirit" for the above. Ruach can mean either spirit or breath. A fool lets out all of his spirit , But a wise man holds it back. (LSB) A fool gives all his breath, but the wise holds back in quiet. (LEB) A fool gives full vent to his spirit , but a wise man quietly holds it back. (ESV) The above use of spirit makes the best sense... I once saw a girl bawl at the baggage check-in at an airport. I don't remember exactly what happened, but whatever it was, it really seriously was not the end of the world. And of all the people there, no one struck a note of sympathy. Why? Perhaps it was because the way that she went about her bawl, it really seemed like this w