And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
Ver. 2. Five were foolish] That is, some were wise, and some others foolish, and these last usually the most imprudent, improvident, after witted, oculos habentes in occipitio, having eyes in the back of their head, that foresee not a following mischief, but come in with their fools' Had I known, with their Si praescivissem, as the lion in the fable (μωραι quasi μη ορωσαι). The Spaniards say of the Portuguese that they are pocos y focos, few and foolish. But of foolish virgins, that is, of profligate professors, that have no more than an outside, there are not a few, but more than a good many in all places, Song of Solomon 6:8,9 .