Parallel PRO 26:16

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BSB The slacker is wiser in his own eyes
⇔ than seven men who answer discreetly.

OEB The lazy man thinks himself wiser
⇔ than seven who can answer discreetly.

WEB The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
⇔ than seven men who answer with discretion.

NET The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation
 ⇔ than seven people who respond with good sense.

LSV Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes,
Than seven [men] returning a reason.

FBV In their own eyes lazy people are wiser than many[fn] sensible advisors.

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T4T  ⇔ Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people
⇔ who can answer others’ questions with good sense.

LEB  •  than seven who answer discreetly.

BBE The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.

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JPS The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that give wise answer.

ASV The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit
 ⇔ Than seven men that can render a reason.

DRA The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences.

YLT Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven [men] returning a reason.

DBY A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven [men] that answer discreetly.

RV The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

WBS The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

KJB The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
  (The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. )

BB The sluggarde thinketh him selfe wiser then seuen men that sit and teache.
  (The sluggarde thinketh himself wiser then seven men that sit and teach.)

GNV The sluggard is wiser in his owne conceite, then seuen men that can render a reason.
  (The sluggard is wiser in his own conceite, then seven men that can render a reason. )

CB The slogarde thinketh him self wyser, then vij. men that sytt and teach.

WYC A slow man semeth wysere to hym silf, than seuene men spekynge sentensis.
  (A slow man seemeth/seems wysere to himself, than seven men speaking sentensis.)

LUT Ein Fauler dünkt sich weiser denn sieben, die da Sitten lehren.
  (Ein Fauler dünkt itself/yourself/themselves weiser because sieben, the there Sitten lehren.)

CLV Sapientior sibi piger videtur septem viris loquentibus sententias.][fn]
  (Sapientior sibi piger videtur seven viris loquentibus sententias.])

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BRN A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who [fn]most satisfactorily brings back a message.

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BrLXX Σοφώτερος ἑαυτῷ ὀκνηρὸς φαίνεται, τοῦ ἐν πλησμονῇ ἀποκομίζοντος ἀγγελίαν.
  (Sofōteros heautōi oknaʸros fainetai, tou en plaʸsmonaʸ apokomizontos angelian. )