Text -- Proverbs 8:31 (NET)

8:31 rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and delighting in its people.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 8:31

¹ tn The two words are synonymous in general and so could be taken to express a superlative idea – the “whole world” (cf. NIV, NCV). But תֵּבֵל (tevel) also means the inhabited world, and so the construct may be interpreted as a partitive genitive.

² tn Heb “and my delights” [were] with/in.”

³ tn Heb “the sons of man.”