Pro 15:5 | KD | STEP | A fool despiseth his father’s correction; But he that regardeth reproof is prudent. We may with equal correctness translate: he acts prudently (after ); and, he is prudent (after ). We prefer, with Jerome, Venet ., and Luther, the latter, against the lxx, Syr., and Targ., because, without a doubt, the יערם is so thought of at : the contrast is more favourable to the former. It is true that he who regardeth reproof is not only prudent, but also that he is prudent by means of observing it. With line first cf. and , and with line second, Pro 12:1. Luther translates: the fool calumniates...; but of the meanings of abuse (properly pungere ) and scorn, the second is perhaps here to be preferred.

‏ Proverbs 15:5

Pro 15:5 5 A fool despiseth his father’s correction; But he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

We may with equal correctness translate: he acts prudently (after 1Sa 23:22); and, he is prudent (after Pro 19:25). We prefer, with Jerome, Venet., and Luther, the latter, against the lxx, Syr., and Targ., because, without a doubt, the יערם is so thought of at Pro 19:25 : the contrast is more favourable to the former. It is true that he who regardeth reproof is not only prudent, but also that he is prudent by means of observing it. With line first cf. Pro 1:7 and Pro 1:30, and with line second, Pro 12:1. Luther translates: the fool calumniates...; but of the meanings of abuse (properly pungere) and scorn, the second is perhaps here to be preferred.