Proverbs 17:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Before him - Set straight before his eyes as the mark to which they look. Others, following the Septuagint and Vulgate, interpret the verse, Wisdom is seen in the clear, stedfast look of the wise man as contrasted with the wandering gaze of the fool.

Proverbs 17:24

24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.