For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.
Ver. 6. Out of his mouth cometh knowledge.] If it could be said by the divine chronologer, a Ex Adami sapientissimi doctoris ore promanavit tanquam ex fonte quicquid in mundo est utilium doctrinarum, disciplinarum, scientiae et sapientiae - Out of Adam's mouth, even after the fall, as out of a fountain, flowed all the profitable knowledge, skill, and wisdom in the world: how much better may the same be said of "the only wise God," who is "wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working." Isa 28:29 Platonici lumen mentiam esse dixerunt ad discenda omnia, eundem ipsum Deum quo facta sunt omnia. b The Platonists said, that God, the maker of all, was that light of the mind whereby we learn all.
a Bucholcer.
b Aug., De Civit. Dei.