That men may know wisdom: Men is supplied by RSV. The literal form is “for knowing wisdom and instruction.” Note that NRSV has not kept men, a term that can be taken to exclude women, and says, “for learning about wisdom and instruction.” TEV “Here are proverbs” makes clear that it is the study of the entire book of the proverbs, which are to follow, that will give a person wisdom. Both TEV and CEV address the reader as “you.” If the translator is to use a form of “you,” it should be plural and include