Text -- Proverbs 9:9 (NET)

9:9 Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 9:9

¹ tn The noun “instruction” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation.

² sn The parallelism shows what Proverbs will repeatedly stress, that the wise person is the righteous person.

³ tn The Hiphil verb normally means “to cause to know, make known”; but here the context suggests “to teach” (so many English versions).

⁴ tn The term “his” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for the sake of smoothness and clarity.