ASV: To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
BBE: To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.
DBY: to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.
KJV: To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
JPS: To understand a proverb, and a figure; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
WBS: To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
WEB: to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
YLT: For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.
