Proverbs 8:14

Footnotes

1. 27 In the second half of v. 14 instead of אֲנִי (’ani) the editors propose reading simply לִי (li) as the renderings in the , Latin, and suggest. Then, in place of the לִי that comes in the same colon, read וְלִי (véli). While the is a difficult reading, it can be translated as it is. It would be difficult to know exactly what the ancient versions were reading, because their translations could have been derived from either text. They represent an effort to smooth out the text. Heb “To me [belong] counsel and sound wisdom.” The second colon in the verse has: “I, understanding, to me and might.” In vv. 14–17 the pronouns come first and should receive greater prominence—although it is not always easy to do this with English.