That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
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Gill's Exposition
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth,.... Such are the doctrines of the Gospel; they are "the words of truth"; are written in the Scriptures of truth; come from the God of…
Barnes' Notes
To them that send unto thee - Better as in the margin; compare Pro 10:26. The man who has learned the certainty of the words of truth will learn to observe it in all that men commit to him.
Solomon here changes his style and manner of speaking. Hitherto, for the most part, since the beginning of ch. 10, he had laid down doctrinal truths, and but now and then dropped a word of…
Cambridge Bible
sendunto thee Rather, send thee, with A.V. marg. and R.V.
The verse is well rendered in the Rel. Tract. Society's Annotated Bible:
"To teach thee truth, even words of faithfulness;
That thou mayest…