simple. See note on Proverbs 1:4.
youths. sons.
understanding. Hebrew heart. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for understanding. Compare Proverbs 6:32.
Related Commentaries of Proverbs 7:7
Proverbs 7:7
7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths,a a young man void of understanding,