PRO 10:14 Parallel View

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ULT Wise ones store up knowledge,
 ⇔ but the mouth of a fool is near ruin.

UST Wise people sincerely consider what they should know,
⇔ but people who speak foolishly are destructive.

BSB  ⇔ The wise store up knowledge,
⇔ but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.

OEB Wise men keep what they know to themselves,
⇔ but the mouth of the fool is impending destruction.

WEB Wise men lay up knowledge,
⇔ but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

NET Those who are wise store up knowledge,
 ⇔ but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.

LSV The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool [is] near ruin.

FBV Wise people accumulate knowledge, but the chattering of stupid people is a prelude to disaster.

T4T  ⇔ Wise people continue to learn all that they can,
⇔ but when foolish people speak, they soon cause trouble.

LEB • but to the mouth of the fool, ruin draws near.

BBE Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS Wise men lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is an imminent ruin.

ASV Wise men lay up knowledge;
 ⇔ But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

DRA Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is next to confusion.

YLT The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool [is] near ruin.

DBY The wise lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the fool is near destruction.

RV Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

WBS Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

KJB Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
(Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. )

BB Wyse men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction.
(Wyse men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nigh/near destruction.)

GNV Wise men lay vp knowledge: but ye mouth of the foole is a present destruction.
(Wise men lay up knowledge: but ye/you_all mouth of the foole is a present destruction. )

CB Wyse me laye vp knowlege, but ye mouth of ye foolish is nye destruccio.
(Wyse me lay up knowlege, but ye/you_all mouth of ye/you_all foolish is nigh/near destruccio.)

WYC Wise men hiden kunnyng; but the mouth of a fool is nexte to confusioun.
(Wise men hiden cunning/knowledge; but the mouth of a fool is next to confusioun.)

LUT Die Weisen bewahren die Lehre; aber der Narren Mund ist nahe dem Schrecken.
(The Weisen bewahren the Lehre; but the Narren Mund is nahe to_him Schrecken.)

CLV Sapientes abscondunt scientiam; os autem stulti confusioni proximum est.
(Sapientes abscondunt scientiam; os however stulti confusioni proximum est. )

BRN The wise will hide discretion; but the mouth of the hasty draws near to ruin.

BrLXX Σοφοὶ κρύψουσιν αἴσθησιν, στόμα δὲ προπετοῦς ἐγγίζει συντριβῇ.
(Sofoi krupsousin aisthaʸsin, stoma de propetous engizei suntribaʸ. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יִצְפְּנוּ

store_up

See how you translated the same use of store up in 2:1.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

דָ֑עַת

knowledge

See how you translated the abstract noun knowledge in 1:4.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וּ⁠פִֽי

and,mouth

See how you translated the same use of mouth in 10:11.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מְחִתָּ֥ה קְרֹבָֽה

ruin near

Here Solomon speaks of what a fool says causes ruin as if that fool’s mouth was near ruin. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “causes ruin”

Parallel PRO 10:14