PRO 14:6 Parallel View

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ULT A mocker seeks wisdom and there is none,
 ⇔ but knowledge is easy for the understanding one.

UST People who ridicule other people try to become wise and fail to do so,
⇔ but understanding people can easily learn what they should know.

BSB  ⇔ A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
⇔ but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

OEB A scorner seeks wisdom in vain,
⇔ but to prudent men knowledge is easy.

WEB A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it,
⇔ but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

NET The scorner seeks wisdom but finds none,
 ⇔ but understanding is easy for a discerning person.

LSV A scorner has sought wisdom, and it is not,
And knowledge [is] easy to the intelligent.

FBV It's pointless for a scoffer to look for wisdom, but knowledge comes easily to someone who understands.

T4T  ⇔ Those who make fun of being wise will never become wise,
⇔ but those who understand what is right learn things easily.

LEB • but knowledge[fn]

?:? Literally “to one who understands it comes easy”

BBE The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.

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JPS A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; but knowledge is easy unto him that hath discernment.

ASV A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not;
 ⇔ But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

DRA A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: the learning of the wise is easy.

YLT A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent [is] easy.

DBY A scorner seeketh wisdom, and there is none [for him]; but knowledge is easy unto the intelligent.

RV A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

WBS A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understandeth.

KJB A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
(A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. )

BB A scornfull body seketh wisdome, and fyndeth it not: but knowledge is easie vnto hym that wyll vnderstande.
(A scornfull body seketh wisdome, and fyndeth it not: but knowledge is easie unto him that will understand.)

GNV A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.
(A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will understand. )

CB A scornefull body seketh wy?dome, & fyndeth it not: but knowlege is easy to come by, vnto him that wil vnderstonde.
(A scornful body seketh wy?dome, and fyndeth it not: but knowlege is easy to come by, unto him that will understood.)

WYC A scornere sekith wisdom, and he fyndith not; the teching of prudent men is esy.
(A scornere sekith wisdom, and he fyndith not; the teaching of prudent men is esy.)

LUT Der Spötter suchet Weisheit und findet sie nicht; aber dem Verständigen ist die Erkenntnis leicht.
(The Spötter suchet Weisheit and finds they/she/them nicht; but to_him Verständigen is the Erkenntnis leicht.)

CLV Quærit derisor sapientiam, et non invenit; doctrina prudentium facilis.[fn]
(Quærit derisor wisdom, and not/no invenit; doctrina prudentium facilis.)

14.6 Quærit derisor sapientiam, etc. Ut Caiphas, etc., usque ad quia perverse quærunt, nunquam prorsus inveniunt.

14.6 Quærit derisor wisdom, etc. Ut Caiphas, etc., usque to because perverse quærunt, nunquam prorsus inveniunt.

BRN Thou shalt seek wisdom with bad men, and shalt not find it; but discretion is easily available with the prudent.

BrLXX Ζητήσεις σοφίαν παρὰ κακοῖς καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσεις, αἴσθησις δὲ παρὰ φρονίμοις εὐχερής.
(Zaʸtaʸseis sofian para kakois kai ouⱪ heuraʸseis, aisthaʸsis de para fronimois euⱪeraʸs. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

לֵ֣ץ & לְ⁠נָב֣וֹן

scoffer & to,understands

See how you translated a mocker in 9:7 and the understanding one in 1:5.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בִּקֶּשׁ

seeks

Here ,wisdom is described as if it were an object that people, trying to be wise, could “seek.” See how you translated the same use of seeks in 11:27.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

חָכְמָ֣ה & וְ⁠דַ֖עַת

wisdom & and,knowledge

See how you translated the abstract nouns wisdom in 1:2 and knowledge in 1:4.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וָ⁠אָ֑יִן

and,none

Here Solomon means that a mocker cannot acquire wisdom, not that wisdom does not exist. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “and he finds none” or “and there is no wisdom for him”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠דַ֖עַת

and,knowledge

Solomon is leaving out a word that, in many languages, a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply this word from the context if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “but finding knowledge” or “but acquiring knowledge”

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