¹ tn Heb “the one knowing knowledge.” The cognate accusative underscores the meaning of the participle—this is a truly knowledgeable person.

² sn The phrase “the heart of fools” emphasizes that fools do not comprehend knowledge. Cf. NCV “there is no knowledge in the thoughts of fools.”

¹ tn Heb “I will carry my knowledge to-from afar.” The expression means that he will give a wide range to knowledge, that he will speak comprehensively.

⁴ sn The point of the knowledge of him has nothing to do with what God knows, but with what believers are to know (hence, “your…knowledge”). Further, the author’s prayer is that this knowledge of God would increase, not simply be initiated, since he is writing to believers who already know God (hence, “your growing knowledge of him”).

¹ tn Grk “and just as they did not approve to have God in knowledge.”

² tn Or “to the ground without the knowledge and consent of your Father.”

² tn Heb “but I did not know”; cf. NRSV “but without my knowledge.”

² tn Heb “Because you reject knowledge”; cf. NLT “because they don’t know me.”

² tn Heb “they do not know”; KJV “they are all ignorant”; NIV “they all lack knowledge.”

³ tn Heb “a man who understands [and] knows”; NRSV “an intelligent ruler”; NLT “wise and knowledgeable leaders.”

² tn Heb “knowledge.” For the noun דַּעַת (daʿat), see the note on 1:7.

³ tn Heb “knowledge.” The noun דָּעַת (daʿat, “knowledge”) refers to experiential knowledge, not just cognitive knowledge, including the intellectual assimilation and practical application (BDB 394). It is also used in v. 4 with the nuance “discernment” and the variation of this motto in Prov 9:10 substitutes חָכְמָה (khokhmah, “wisdom, moral skill”) at this point.

¹ tn Heb “too amazing [is this] knowledge for me, it is elevated, I cannot attain to it.”

² tn More literally, “and the knowledge of my lips they will speak purely.”

¹ tn Heb “so that the one who kills, taking life accidentally without knowledge, may flee there.”

¹ tn The disjunctive clause here indicates contrast: “but from the tree of the knowledge….”

⁴ tn Heb “there is no truthfulness nor loyalty nor knowledge of God in the land.” Here “knowledge of God” refers to recognition of his authority and obedience to his will.

⁴ sn The antithetical proverb states that a righteous person can escape devastating slander through knowledge. The righteous will have sufficient knowledge and perception to see through the hypocrisy and avoid its effect.

² tn Grk “the light of the knowledge of the glory”; δόξης (doxēs) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

¹ tn Heb “the heart of rashness will understand knowledge”; cf. NAB “The flighty will become wise and capable.”