Verse List for PROV 14:7

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Go away from where a fool is, ⇔ → otherwise you won’t find knowledgable lips.

OET-LV Go from_before to_a _person a _fool and_not you _have _known lips _of knowledge.

ULT Go before a man of stupidity, ⇔ and you will not know lips of knowledge.

UST If you associate with foolish people, ⇔  you will not learn anything from knowledgeable people.

BSB & MSB Stay away from a foolish man; ⇔  you will gain no knowledge from his speech.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Stay away from a foolish man, ⇔  for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.

NET Leave the presence of a foolish person, ⇔ or you will not understand wise counsel.

LSV Go from before a foolish man,
Or you have not known the lips of knowledge.

FBV Stay away from stupid people—you won't learn anything from them.

T4T ⇔  Stay away from foolish people, ⇔  because they will not be able to teach you anything useful.

LEB • Leave the presence of a foolish man ,[fn]
• for you will not come to know words of knowledge .[fn]

BBE Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

Moff Withdraw from an impatient man; ⇔  you will not find a word of sense in him.

JPS Go from the presence of a foolish man, for thou wilt not perceive the lips of knowledge.

ASV Go into the presence of a foolish man, ⇔ And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

DRA Go against a foolish man, and he knoweth not the lips of prudence.

YLT Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.

Drby Go from the presence of a foolish man, in whom thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge.

RV Go into the presence of a foolish man, and thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
(Go into the presence of a foolish man, and thou/you shalt/shall not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.)

SLT Go from before to the foolish man and thou knewest not the lips of knowledge.

Wbstr Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

KJB-1769 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
(Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou/you perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.)

KJB-1611 Goe from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Get thee from a foolishe man, when thou perceauest not in hym the lippes of knowledge.
(Get thee/you from a foolish man, when thou/you perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.)

Gnva Depart from the foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.
(Depart from the foolish man, when thou/you perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.)

Cvdl Se yt thou medle not with a foole, & do as though thou haddest no knowlege.
(See it thou/you meddle not with a fool, and do as though thou/you hadst/had no knowledge.)

Wycl Go thou ayens a man a fool; and he schal not knowe the lippis of prudence.
(Go thou/you against a man a fool; and he shall not know the lips of prudence.)

Luth Gehe von dem Narren; denn du lernest nichts von ihm.
(Go from to_him fool(n); because/than you(sg) learn nothing from him.)

ClVg Vade contra virum stultum, et nescit labia prudentiæ.[fn]
(Go on_the_contrary husband stupidity, and doesn’t_know lips of_prudence.)

UHB לֵ֣ךְ מִ֭⁠נֶּגֶד לְ⁠אִ֣ישׁ כְּסִ֑יל וּ⁠בַל־יָ֝דַ֗עְתָּ שִׂפְתֵי־דָֽעַת׃ ‡

BrLXX Πάντα ἐναντία ἀνδρὶ ἄφρονι, ὅπλα δὲ αἰσθήσεως χείλη σοφά.

BrTr All things are adverse to a foolish man; but wise lips are the weapons of discretion.