The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
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Gill's Exposition
The way of life is above to the wise,.... Of "the way of life"; See Gill on Pro 10:17; this is said to be "above", or it tends "to what is above"; it leads to heaven and happiness above; the life…
Barnes' Notes
Above ... beneath - The one path is all along upward, leading to the highest life. It rescues the “wise” from the other, which is all along downward, ending in the gloom of Sheol.
Matthew Henry
The way of wisdom and holiness is here recommended to us, 1. As very safe and comfortable: It is the way of life, the way that leads to eternal life, in which we shall find the joy and satisfaction…
Cambridge Bible
above Rather, upward. Upward or downward the path of man must tend.
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