5:8 Keep yourself 2 far 3 from her,
and do not go near the door of her house,
5:2 in order to safeguard 4 discretion, 5
and that your lips may guard knowledge.
2:1 First of all, then, I urge that requests, 6 prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people, 7
1 tn Heb “that I raised.”
2 tn Heb “your way.”
3 sn There is a contrast made between “keep far away” (הַרְחֵק, harkheq) and “do not draw near” (וְאַל־תִּקְרַב, vÿ’al-tiqrav).
4 tn Heb “keep, protect, guard.”
5 sn This “discretion” is the same word in 1:4; it is wise, prudential consideration, careful planning, or the ability to devise plans with a view to the best way to carry them out. If that ability is retained then temptations to digress will not interfere.
6 tn Or “petitions.”
7 tn Grk “all men”; but here ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) is used generically, referring to both men and women.