Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. Some read חוֹלִים, "sick men," for אֱוִלִים, "fools," here. But the change is not necessary. Folly and sin are regarded as two aspects of the same moral condition by the sacred writers, and sickness is spoken of as an ordinary punishment for them (Job 33:17-22; 2 Kings 5:27; 2 Chronicles 21:15; 2 Chronicles 26:16-19; Acts 12:23).
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Psalms 107:17
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