“Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.”
Wisdom is too lofty for a fool; in the assembly of the gate he has nothing to say—a statement about the fool's alienation from wisdom, establishing that the fool cannot access wisdom because his nature is opposed to it. The phrase 'lofty for a fool' suggests wisdom is beyond his reach. The theological significance involves the principle that rejection of wisdom becomes self-perpetuating.
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