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Wisdom 6:1-2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

Chapter 6

Exhortation to Seek Wisdom[a]

1 Hear, therefore, kings, and understand;(A)
    learn, you magistrates[b] of the earth’s expanse!
2 Give ear, you who have power over multitudes
    and lord it over throngs of peoples!

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Footnotes

  1. 6:1–21 The first part of the book closes with an exhortation comparable to 1:1–15, and it leads into “Solomon’s” personal comments on wisdom in chaps. 7–9.
  2. 6:1 Kings…magistrates: note the inclusion with v. 21 (“kings”). The address to earthly powers is in accord with the opening (1:1), but the true audience remains the Jewish community.
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