32:8 An honorable man makes honorable plans;
his honorable character gives him security. 1
40:13 Who comprehends 2 the mind 3 of the Lord,
or gives him instruction as his counselor? 4
66:7 Before she goes into labor, she gives birth!
Before her contractions begin, she delivers a boy!
32:6 For a fool speaks disgraceful things; 5
his mind plans out sinful deeds. 6
He commits godless deeds 7
and says misleading things about the Lord;
he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite 8
and gives the thirsty nothing to drink. 9
1 tn Heb “and he upon honorable things stands.”
2 tn Perhaps the verb is used metonymically here in the sense of “advises” (note the following line).
3 tn In this context רוּחַ (ruakh) likely refers to the Lord’s “mind,” or mental faculties, rather than his personal Spirit (see BDB 925 s.v.).
4 tn Heb “or [as] the man of his counsel causes him to know?”
5 tn Or “foolishness,” in a moral-ethical sense. See 9:17.
6 tn Heb “and his heart commits sin”; KJV, ASV “his heart will work iniquity”; NASB “inclines toward wickedness.”
7 tn Heb “in order to do [or “so that he does”] what is godless [or “defiled”].”
8 tn Heb “so that he leaves empty the appetite [or “desire”] of the hungry.”
9 tn Heb “and the drink of the thirsty he causes to fail.”