⁴ tn Or “wise.”

¹ tn Heb “wise men.”

² tn Heb “wise and understanding.”

¹ tn Heb “wise of [in] heart.”

¹ tn Grk “The wise answered, saying, ‘No.’”

¹ tn Heb “the wise in their own eyes.”

² tn Or “I am determined to become wise”

² tn Heb “the heart of a wise man.”

¹ tn Heb “wise of heart” (so NRSV).

³ tn Or “acts wisely.” The Hiphil is exhibitive.

³ tn Or “acts wisely.” The Hiphil is exhibitive.

² tn Heb “rebuke of the wise,” a subjective genitive (“the wise” administer the rebuke).

³ tn Heb “who turns back the wise” (so NRSV); NIV “overthrows the learning of the wise”; TEV “The words of the wise I refute.”

² tn The definite article on הֶחָכָם (hekhakham, “wise man”) may be taken in an individualizing (“the wise man”) or generic sense (“a wise man”).

³ tc The MT has אֶל (ʾel, “to [the wise]”), suggesting seeking the advice of the wise. The LXX, however, has “with the wise,” suggesting אֶת (ʾet).

² tn Grk “Do not be wise in your thinking.”

¹ tn Heb “act wisely,” which by metonymy means “succeed.”

¹ tn Heb “of a wise man’s mouth.”

² tn Heb “to the wise [man],” because the form is masculine.

¹ tn Heb “the wise of mind.” The noun לֵב (lev, “mind, heart”) functions as a genitive of specification: “wise in the mind” or “wise-minded.” Cf. “wise hearted” NASB, ESV, NRSV; “wise in heart” KJV, NIV. The term לֵב (lev) represents the person in this case (a synecdoche of part for the whole) because it is the seat of thinking and wisdom.