PRO 15:7 Parallel View

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ULT The lips of the wise ones scatter knowledge,
 ⇔ but the heart of stupid ones is not so.

UST What wise people say informs others of what they should know,
⇔ but what foolish people think does not do that.

BSB  ⇔ The lips of the wise spread knowledge,
⇔ but not so the hearts of fools.

OEB The lips of the wise disperse knowledge,
⇔ but the mind of fools is unstable.

WEB The lips of the wise spread knowledge;
⇔ not so with the heart of fools.

NET The lips of the wise spread knowledge,
 ⇔ but not so the heart of fools.

LSV The lips of the wise scatter knowledge,
And the heart of fools [is] not right.

FBV Wise people share their knowledge, but stupid people don't think like that.

T4T  ⇔ What wise people teach [MTY] causes others to know much more,
⇔ but foolish people cannot teach others what is useful.

LEB • but the heart[fn] of fools, not so.

?:? Or “mind”

BBE The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; but the heart of the foolish is not stedfast.

ASV The lips of the wise disperse knowledge;
 ⇔ But the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

DRA The lips of the wise shall disperse knowledge: the heart of fools shall be unlike.

YLT The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools [is] not right.

DBY The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but not so the heart of the foolish.

RV The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

WBS The lips of the wise diffuse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

KJB The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
(The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. )

BB The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge: but the heart of the foolishe do not so.

GNV The lippes of the wise doe spread abroade knowledge: but ye heart of the foolish doth not so.
(The lippes of the wise do spread abroad knowledge: but ye/you_all heart of the foolish doth not so. )

CB A wyse mouth poureth out knowlege, but ye herte of the foolish doth not so.
(A wise mouth poureth out knowlege, but ye/you_all heart of the foolish doth not so.)

WYC The lippis of wise men schulen sowe abrood kunnyng; the herte of foolis schal be vnlijc.
(The lippis of wise men should sowe abrood cunning/knowledge; the heart of foolis shall be unlijc.)

LUT Der Weisen Mund streuet guten Rat; aber der Narren Herz ist nicht also.
(The Weisen Mund streuet guten Rat; but the Narren Herz is not also.)

CLV Labia sapientium disseminabunt scientiam; cor stultorum dissimile erit.[fn]
(Labia sapientium disseminabunt scientiam; heart stultorum dissimile will_be.)

15.7 Cor stultorum dissimile. Vel dissimile sibi ipsi, variis cogitationibus, et nunquam idem manet. Contra quod de Anna dicitur: Vultusque ejus non sunt amplius in diversa mutati.

15.7 Cor stultorum dissimile. Vel dissimile sibi ipsi, variis cogitationibus, and nunquam idem manet. Contra that about Anna it_is_said: Vultusque his not/no are amplius in diversa mutati.

BRN The lips of the wise are bound by discretion: but the hearts of the foolish are not safe.

BrLXX Χείλη σοφῶν δέδεται αἰσθήσει, καρδίαι δὲ ἀφρόνων οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς.
(Ⱪeilaʸ sofōn dedetai aisthaʸsei, kardiai de afronōn ouk asfaleis. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

שִׂפְתֵ֣י חֲ֭כָמִים

lips wise

See how you translated this phrase in 14:3.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יְזָ֣רוּ דָ֑עַת

spread knowledge

Here Solomon refers to teaching other people knowledge as if knowledge were the seeds that a farmer scatters to plant in a field. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “teach others knowledge”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

דָ֑עַת

knowledge

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

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠לֵ֖ב כְּסִילִ֣ים

and,hearts fools

See how you translated the heart of stupid ones in 12:23.

Parallel PRO 15:7