24:33 “A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to relax,
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.
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).
2 tn The phrase “is sweet” is supplied in the translation as a clarification.
3 tn The term “it” is supplied in the translation.
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.”