Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
Also, (that) the soul be without knowledge, (it is) not good. "The soul" is a choice gift of God; but if it be "without knowledge" of piety, the right end of action, and the right guide to that end, all other goods are not good to it. Riches, honours, etc., do it more harm than good. Without knowledge of God, His works, and His will, to guide the soul, it becomes brutish, and leads 'the feet' to "not good" but 'sin,' as the second clause states.
And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth - or 'misseth his aim' (Hebrew, chowTee' (H2398)) - the aim which he sought by haste. 'Hasting with the feet' is acting "without knowledge," to which, in the first clause, it corresponds. As "the soul" is the cause or source of actions, so the "feet" are the instrument of actions. As want of true "knowledge" in "the soul" is the cause, so 'hasting with the feet' is the bad effect, ending in 'sin.' Ignorance and precipitancy are close akin. The precipitate know not the right thing, time, place, persons, or means.