Proverbs 1:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Interpretation. — Or an obscure thing which needs interpretation, so corresponding to “dark sayings.”

Dark sayings. — Literally knots, intricate sayings, like Samson’s riddle (Judges 14:12).

Proverbs 1:6

6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation;c the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.