Proverbs 8:12 - Exposition

I wisdom dwell with prudence; rather, as in the Revised Version, I have made subtilty ( Proverbs 8:5 ) my dwelling. Wisdom inhabits prudence, animates and possesses that cleverness and tact which is needed for the practical purposes of life. So the Lord is said to "inhabit eternity" ( Isaiah 57:15 ). Septuagint, "I wisdom dwelt ( κατεσκήνωσα ) in counsel and knowledge," which recalls, "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt ( ἐσκήνωσεν ) among us" ( John 1:14 ). In 1 Timothy 6:16 we find the expression, "Who alone hath ( μόνος ἔχων ) immortality," exchanged with the phrase, "Who dwelleth ( οἰκῶν ) in the unapproachable light." And find out knowledge of witty inventions . This rendering refers to the production and solution of dark sayings which Wisdom effects. But the expression is better rendered, "knowledge of deeds of discretion" ( 1 Timothy 1:4 ), or "of right counsels," and it signifies that Wisdom presides over all well considered designs, that they are not beyond her sphere, and that she has and uses the knowledge of them. Septuagint, "I ( ἐγὼ ) called upon understanding," i.e. it is I who inspire all good and righteous thought.