Proverbs 8:15 - Exposition

By me kings reign . By possession of wisdom kings are enabled to discharge their functions duly and righteously. So Solomon prayed for wisdom to enable him to rule his subjects properly ( 1 Kings 3:9 ; Wis. 9:4). Princes ( rozenim , Proverbs 31:4 ); either those who are weighty, inflexible, or these who weigh causes; the latter explanation seems most suitable. Vulgate, legum conditores ; Septuagint, οἱ δυνάσται , These are said to decree justice; literally, to engrave just decrees on tablets ; γράφουσι δικαιοσύνην , Septuagint. Early expositors take these words as spoken by Christ, to whom they are very plainly applicable (comp. Isaiah 32:1 ).