Proverbs 24:14

24:14 Likewise, know ¹  that wisdom is sweet ²  to your soul;

if you find it, ³  you will have a future, ⁴ 

and your hope will not be cut off.

[24:14]  ¹ tn D. W. Thomas argues for a meaning of “seek” in place of “know” (“Notes on Some Passages in the Book of Proverbs,” JTS 38 [1937]: 400-403).

[24:14]  ² tn The phrase “is sweet” is supplied in the translation as a clarification.

[24:14]  ³ tn The term “it” is supplied in the translation.

[24:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “there will be an end.” The word is אַחֲרִית (’akhrit, “after-part, end”). BDB 31 s.v. b says in a passage like this it means “a future,” i.e., a happy close of life, sometimes suggesting the idea of posterity promised to the righteous, often parallel to “hope.”