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Proverbs 8:6

The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 8:6

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

I will speak of excellent things; de rebus magnis, Vulgate; σεμνὰ γὰρ ἐρῶ, Septuagint. The Hebrew nagid is elsewhere used of persons; e.g. a prince, leader (; ); so it may here be best translated "princely," "noble"—an epithet which the subject matter of Wisdom's discourse fully confirms (comp.

, though the word there is different). Hitzig and others, following the Syriac, prefer the meaning, "plain, evident truths" (comp. ); but the former interpretation is most suitable.

The opening of my lips shall be right things. That which I announce when I open my mouth is just and right (). Septuagint.

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