Proverbs 19:2

that the soulbe without knowledge If with R.V. text we retain this rendering, we may well recognise in the rendering of R.V. marg. a true explanation of the proverb:

"Desire without knowledge is not good;

And he that hasteth with his feet misseth his way."

"The soul," however fervently and however rightly it desires, needs knowledge to bring its desires to good effect. "Holy desires" must be directed by "good counsels," if they are to issue in "just works." And to start hastily on our path, whether material or moral, without such knowledge and counsel, is to miss our way; to wander, or to sin.

sinneth Lit. misseth the mark. Comp. Judges 20:16.