This is a famous proverb in Hebrew. Like all other great ancient languages Hebrew too is full of proverbs of universal wisdom. Proverbs are basically time grown and time- tested sayings of universal importance. Search for the soul of a proverb and it has some golden advice at its centre to provide the whole humanity.
Proverbs are never contextual – they are never correct in the place of their origin and incorrect at some other places. Actually, every ancient, civilisation has its equivalent to the proverb available in some other civilisation. When men became known to the benefits of writing and letters every good thing of one place easily travelled other parts of the world.
Thus, several foreign proverbs are used daily in many countries frequently. But they have their places of origin. They are like old people advising the new generation at every step of our life. As old trees have seen several phases of good and bad weathers, proverbs are basically eternal voices of human history. They say from the past experiences – hard gospel truth of life.
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The present proverb which originated in Hebrew-speaking world has something very important for us. The proverb actually gives some spiritual colour when it says that there is another opened before one is shut. It tries to give us a due to the eternal arrangement of the nature and the universe. It has tried to demystify the secrets of nature. It is like saying there is a will where there is a way.
Many a times in our life we feel as if here is the end of our struggle. Only keep patience and search for a new start of furtherance and you have got one such chance. The time there looks an end to the story and the struggle there is a clue for tomorrow there itself. The only thing is that one keeps on looking for such openings and chances. It has been said that God helps who helps himself. This is the thing which is proverb says when if says that if one door is shut another is opened.