Proverbs 8:6 - Exposition

I will speak of excellent things; de rebus magnis, Vulgate; σεμνὰ γὰρ ἐρῶ , Septuagint. The Hebrew nagid is elsewhere used of persons; e.g. a prince, leader ( 1 Samuel 9:16 ; 1 Chronicles 26:24 ); so it may here be best translated "princely," "noble"—an epithet which the subject matter of Wisdom's discourse fully confirms (comp. Proverbs 22:20 , though the word there is different). Hitzig and others, following the Syriac, prefer the meaning, "plain, evident truths" (comp. Proverbs 8:9 ); but the former interpretation is most suitable. The opening of my lips shall be right things. That which I announce when I open my mouth is just and right ( Proverbs 23:16 ). Septuagint.