8:33 Listen to my instruction 1 so that you may be wise, 2
and do not neglect it.
8:34 Blessed is the one 3 who listens to me,
watching 4 at my doors day by day,
waiting 5 beside my doorway. 6
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 tn Heb “the man.”
4 tn The form לִשְׁקֹד (lishqod) is the infinitive construct serving epexegetically in the sentence. It explains how the person will listen to wisdom.
5 tn Heb “keeping” or “guarding.”
6 tn Heb “at the posts of my doors” (so KJV, ASV).