Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is] not
good,
&c.] Without knowledge of things natural and civil,
especially without the knowledge of God and Christ, and divine
and spiritual things; to be without this is not good, yea, very
bad; for men without such knowledge and understanding are, like
the beasts that perish, and for lack of it do. Jarchi interprets
it, without the law. Or, "to be without the knowledge of the soul
is not good" F5; so the Targum, Vulgate Latin, and
Syriac versions,
``he that knoweth not his soul, it is not good for him;''that does not know he has a soul, or however takes no more care of it than if he had none; who knows not the worth and value of it, its state and condition, and the danger it is in, and the only way of attaining the salvation of it; and he that hasteth with [his] feet sinneth;
``he that is swift with his feet to evil is a sinner;''whose feet run to evil, to commit robbery, as Aben Ezra; or to shed blood; see ( Proverbs 1:16 ) .