I will incline my ear to (A)a proverb;
    I will solve my (B)riddle to the music of the lyre.

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I will turn my ear to a proverb;(A)
    with the harp(B) I will expound my riddle:(C)

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(A)I will open my mouth (B)in a parable;
    I will utter dark sayings from of old,

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I will open my mouth with a parable;(A)
    I will utter hidden things, things from of old—

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to understand a proverb and a saying,
    (A)the words of the wise and their (B)riddles.

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for understanding proverbs and parables,(A)
    the sayings and riddles(B) of the wise.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:6 Or understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles