Proverbs 1:5

A wiseman will hear Or, That the wise man may hear, R.V., making the clause a continuation of the direct statement of the design of the Book.

learning Lit. taking, and so that which is taken, or learned. He will increase his store. σοφὸς σοφώτερος ἔσται, LXX. sapiens sapientior erit, Vulg.

wise counsels Or, sound counsels, R.V. The figure of steering a ship, involved in the Heb. word for counsels, is preserved in the rendering both of the LXX. (κυβέρνησιν κτήσεται. Comp. κυβερνήσεις, 1 Corinthians 12:28), and of the Vulg. gubernacula. "Skill and facility in the management of life. Comp. Proverbs 11:14; Proverbs 12:5; Job 37:12." Lange, Comm. ad loc.