i. 10, 11, 12 only, and always with this meaning: all the ancient

versions follow the idea contained in the LXX.’s συνείδησις, which would seem to give the notion that this curse was a reasonable, not a hasty one) =a king= (not the king, any king) =do not curse; and in the innermost= of =thy bed-chambers do not= either =curse the rich= person (the idea of cursing or reviling is of course here prominent), =for a bird of the heavens shall cause to convey the voice= (with את and the article, with ‘respect to that voice’ is the meaning――the rumour will get abroad in a mysterious way) =and a lord of the winged ones= (the Masorets wish to omit the article in ה֯כנפים) =shall tell the matter= (the LXX. note the emphasis given by ה and the articles by adding the pronoun σοῦ, which is simply a rendering _ad sensum_――’Treason, like murder, will out’).