SEV Biblia, Chapter 14:7
¶ Vete de delante del hombre loco, pues no le conociste labios de ciencia.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:7
Verse 7. When thou perceivest not-the lips of knowledge. ] Instead of t[d daath, knowledge, several MSS. have rqŤ sheker, a lie. How this reading came I cannot conjecture. The meaning of the adage is plain: Never associate with a vain, empty fellow, when thou perceivest he can neither convey nor receive instruction.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 7. Go from the presence of a foolish man , etc.] A wicked one; avoid him, shun his company, depart from him, have no fellowship with him, it, being dangerous, infectious, and hurtful; when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge ; when it is observed that his lips pour out foolishness, what is corrupt and unsavoury, unchaste and filthy; what does not minister grace to the hearers, nor is for the use of edifying, nor any ways improving in useful knowledge, but all the reverse: the Targum is, “for there is no knowledge in his lips,” in what is expressed by them; some understand this ironically, and render the words thus, “go right against a foolish man” f391 ; join in company with him, “and thou shalt not know the lips of knowledge”, or learn anything by him; if you have a mind to be ignorant, keep company with a foolish man; so Jarchi and Gersom: or rather to this sense the words may be rendered, “go to a foolish man, seeing thou knowest not the lips of knowledge” f392 , since thou dost not approve of wise and knowing men, whose lips would teach knowledge; and despisest the Gospel, and Gospel ministers the pope of Rome, as Cocceius on the text serves, and hear him, what his holiness and infallibility says; or some other false teacher.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 7 - We discover a wicked man if there is no savour of piety in his discourse.
Original Hebrew
לך 1980 מנגד 5048 לאישׁ 376 כסיל 3684 ובל 1077 ידעת 3045 שׂפתי 8193 דעת׃ 1847
