# Give to a wise person, and he ... teach a righteous person, and he

These two commands actually represent conditional statements. Alternate translation: "If you give to a wise person, he ... if you teach a righteous person, he"

# Give to a wise person ... teach a righteous person

These two phrases basically say the same thing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])

# Give to a wise person

This refers to giving instruction to a wise person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])