“Inclina aurem tuam, et audi verba sapientium : appone autem cor ad doctrinam meam,”
“Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.”
“Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—”
“Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.”
“Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.”
Incline. Thus Solomon concludes his discourse, (chap. xxiv. 23.) in the same manner as he began it, to chap. x. Some commence the third book of Proverbs in this place; others, chap. xxv. (Calmet)
9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.