So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. By keeping "mercy and truth" (Proverbs 3:3) thou shalt be esteemed before God and man as one of good understanding," and so "shalt find favour in the sight of God and man." The Hebrew recommends the English version, though the parallelism would strictly require, as "favour" is on the part of God and man, that so the corresponding noun should be also on the part of God and man; for which reason Maurer translates х seekel (H7922)] 'care,' 'considerate attention,' instead of "good understanding;" others, 'good success.' But the English version accords best with the Hebrew; moreover, the parallelism is sufficiently maintained by "good understanding" (on the part of "thee"), answering to "favour" on the part of "God and man," which results from it. With "find favour ... in the sight of God" cf. Exodus 33:12; Exodus 33:17; Luke 1:30, and especially Luke 2:52, "Jesus (who alone fully realized the picture here) increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man."