Charles Ellicott Commentary Proverbs 8:5
Charles Ellicott Commentary
Proverbs 8:5
1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott Commentary
Proverbs 8:5
1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE
"O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart." — Proverbs 8:5 (ASV)
O ye simple. —See above on Proverbs 1:4 for an explanation of “simple,” and also of “wisdom” (‘o rmah) there translated “subtilty.”
Ye fools. —(khesîlîm), see above on Proverbs 1:22.