Proverbs 2:5

then you will understand ¹  how to fear the Lord, ²  and you will discover ³  knowledge ⁴  about God. ⁵ 

2Ch 1:10-12; Job 28:28; Pr 9:10; Jer 9:24; Jer 24:7; Jer 31:34; Jer 32:40,41; Ho 6:3; Mt 7:7,8; Mt 11:27; Lu 10:22; Lu 11:9-13; Joh 17:3; 1Jo 5:20

¹ tn The verb בִּין (bin, “to perceive; to understand; to discern”) refers to ability to grasp, discern or be sensitive to what it means to fear the Lord.

² tn Heb “the fear of the Lord.” The noun is an objective genitive; the Lord is to be the object of fear and reverence.

³ tn Heb “find” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV).

⁴ tn The term דַּעַת (da’at, “knowledge”) goes beyond cognition; it is often used metonymically (cause) for obedience (effect); see, e.g., Prov 3:6, “in all your ways acknowledge him,” and BDB 395 s.v. This means that the disciple will follow God’s moral code; for to know God is to react ethically and spiritually to his will (e.g., J. H. Greenstone, Proverbs, 18).

⁵ tn Heb “knowledge of God.” The noun is an objective genitive.