Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
Ver. 1. Wisdom.] Heb., Wisdoms, in the plural; and this, either honoris causa, for honour's sake, or else by an ellipsis, as if the whole of it were "wisdom of wisdoms," as "the song of songs," for a most excellent song. Son 1:1 Junius renders it, Summa sapientia. Highest wisdom. See Trapp on " Pro 1:20 "
Hath builded her house.] That is, The Church. 1Ti 3:15 See Trapp on " Pro 1:20 "
She hath hewn out her seven pillars] Pillars, and polished pillars. Anything is good enough to make up a mud wall; but the Church's pillars are of marble, and those not rough, but hewn; her safety is accompanied with beauty.