In verbal conversations you can ask others for clarification and elaboration so you can be sure you understand what they're trying to communicate.
Books are more difficult to interpret.
You can go only by what the author has committed to print. The Bible demands your full interpretive energies if you are to get the meaning just right. When you read the Bible you are in a dialogue with a wide variety of human authors, but more important, with God. It is important to understand God's full intention. Look for the author's intended meaning.