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That people may know wisdom and discipline,[a]
    may understand intelligent sayings;
May receive instruction in wise conduct,
    in what is right, just and fair;

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Footnotes

  1. 1:2 Discipline: education or formation which dispels ignorance and corrects vice. Note the reprise of v. 2a in v. 7b.

To know (A)wisdom and instruction,
To discern the sayings of (B)understanding,
To (C)receive instruction in wise behavior,
(D)Righteousness, justice, and integrity;

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To know wisdom and instruction,
    to understand words of insight,
to receive instruction in wise dealing,
    in (A)righteousness, justice, and equity;

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Prologue

For learning about wisdom and instruction,
    for understanding words of insight,
for gaining instruction in wise dealing,
    righteousness, justice, and equity;

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for gaining wisdom and instruction;
    for understanding words of insight;
for receiving instruction in prudent behavior,
    doing what is right and just and fair;

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