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Proverbs 8:32

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

What does Proverbs 8:32 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.
Proverbs 8:32 — American Standard Version

Context — Proverbs 8

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
29When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
30Then I was by him, [as] a master workman; And I was daily [his] delight, Rejoicing always before him,
31Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.
32Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.
33Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.
34Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
35For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Such an attribute men are urged to seek.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The old exhortation with a new force. The counsels are no longer those of prudence and human experience, but of a Wisdom eternal as Yahweh, ordering all things. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“8:32-36 Wisdom offers great rewards to those who listen to and follow wisdom.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“for: Psa 1:1-4, Psa 119:1, Psa 119:2, Psa 128:1; Luk 11:28 Proverbs 8:33”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“After that Wisdom has shown in Pro 8:22-31 how worthy her fellowship is of being an object of desire from her mediating place between God and the world, she begins with this verse (as Pro 7:24; Pro 5:7) the hortatory (parnetische) concluding part of her discourse: "And now, ye sons, hearken unto me, And salvation to those who keep my ways!" The lxx omits Pro 8:33, and obviates the disturbing element of ואשׁרי, 32b, arising from its ו, by a transposition of the stichs. But this ואשרי is the same as the καὶ μακάριος, Mat 11:6; the organic connection lies hid, as Schleiermacher (Hermeneutik, p. 73) well expresses it, in the mere sequence; the clause containing the proof is connected by ו with…”
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