Proverbs 24:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. A wise man is strong - His wisdom enables him to construct a great variety of machines, by which, under his own influence, he can do the labor of a hundred or even a thousand men. But in all cases wisdom gives power and influence; and he who is wise to salvation can overcome even Satan himself. The Septuagint has: "The wise is better than the strong; and the man who has prudence, than a stout husbandman."

Proverbs 24:5

5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.