Proverbs 2:20
ContextNETBible | So 1 you will walk in the way of good people, 2 and will keep on the paths of the righteous. 3 |
XREF | Ps 119:63,115; Pr 13:20; So 1:7,8; Jer 6:16; Heb 6:12; 3Jo 1:11 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The conjunction לְמַעַן (lÿma’an, “so; as a result”) introduces the concluding result (BDB 775 s.v. מַעַן 2; HALOT 614 s.v. מַעַן 2.c) of heeding the admonition to attain wisdom (2:1-11) and to avoid the evil men and women and their destructive ways (2:12-19). 2 tn The noun “good” (טוֹבִים, tovim) does not function as an attributive genitive (“the good way”) because it is a plural noun and the term “way” (דֶרֶךְ, derekh) is singular. Rather it functions as a genitive of possession identifying the people who walk on this path: “the way of the good people.” 3 tn In the light of the parallelism, the noun “righteous” (צַדִּיקִים, tsadiqim) functions as a genitive of possession rather than an attributive genitive. |