Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs are routinely juxtaposed (in different orders and combinations) in the Hebrew and Greek OT canons. The implication of their propinquity is that the books were viewed by early readers as belonging together and mutually enriching. The regular collation of these five books means that they were treated as primary conversation partners, whose interaction took hermeneutical precedence over other possible intra-canonical links. Irrespective of whether it is decided that these generically diverse texts are to be designated a “wisdom collection,” contemporary readers of Scripture will benefit by taking into consideration that the books were placed together by ancient readers who viewed them as needing to be read in relation to each other.

诗篇、约伯记、箴言、传道书和雅歌在希伯来语和希腊语的旧约经典中经常并列（以不同的顺序和组合）。他们相近的含义是，这些书被早期的读者视为属于共同的和相互丰富的。这五本书的定期整理意味着它们被视为主要的对话伙伴，他们的互动在解释学上优先于其他可能的内部规范链接。无论是否决定将这些一般性不同的文本指定为“智慧集”，当代的圣经读者都会受益于考虑到这些书是由古代读者放在一起的，他们认为这些书需要相互关联地阅读对彼此。