Proverbs 7:7
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
And beheld among the simple ones,.... Such as are easily persuaded and drawn into sin; simple and foolish in things moral and spiritual, and not arrived to any ripeness of understanding in things natural and civil; have seen but little of the world, and know less of religion, and are easily imposed upon and carried away with the company they keep; such simple foolish creatures are the followers of antichrist; see 2 Timothy 3:6;
I discerned among the youths; or "children" {d}; at least in understanding, the children Jezebel, Revelation 2:23;
a young man void of understanding; or "wanting a heart" {e}; to know and fear the Lord, and not in the way to learn and improve; but in company like himself, and so in a fair way to continue foolish and simple, and destitute of the true understanding of things, and exposed to the snares delusions of such that lie in wait to deceive.
{d} Mynbb "inter filios", Pagninus, &c.
{e} bl rox "carentem corde", Montanus, Mercerus, Gejerus; "destitutum corde", Schultens.