8:33 Listen to my instruction 1 so that you may be wise, 2
and do not neglect it.
4:1 Listen, children, 4 to a father’s instruction, 5
and pay attention so that 6 you may gain 7 discernment.
5:7 So now, children, 8 listen to me;
do not turn aside from the words I speak. 9
7:24 So now, sons, 10 listen to me,
and pay attention to the words I speak. 11
8:6 Listen, for I will speak excellent things, 12
and my lips will utter 13 what is right.
8:32 “So now, children, 14 listen to me;
blessed are those who keep my ways.
1 tn Heb “discipline.”
2 tn The construction uses two imperatives joined with the vav (ו); this is a volitive sequence in which result or consequence is being expressed.
3 sn The chapter includes an exhortation to acquire wisdom (1-4a), a list of the benefits of wisdom (4b-9), a call to pursue a righteous lifestyle (10-13), a warning against a wicked lifestyle (14-19), and an exhortation to righteousness (20-27).
4 tn Heb “sons.”
5 tn Heb “discipline.”
6 tn The Qal infinitive construct with preposition ל (lamed) indicates the purpose/result of the preceding imperative.
7 tn Heb “know” (so KJV, ASV).
5 tn Heb “sons.”
6 tn Heb “the words of my mouth” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV).
7 tn The literal translation “sons” works well here in view of the warning. Cf. KJV, NAB, NRSV “children.”
8 tn Heb “the words of my mouth.”
9 tn Heb “noble” or “princely.” Wisdom begins the first motivation by claiming to speak noble things, that is, excellent things.
10 tn Heb “opening of my lips” (so KJV, NASB). The noun “lips” is a metonymy of cause, with the organ of speech put for what is said.
11 tn Heb “sons.”