Verse List for PROV 15:2

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OET (OET-RV) A wise person’s tongue advances knowledge, ⇔ ^ but the mouth of fools pours out nonsense.

OET-LV the_tongue _of wise_people it _makes _good knowledge and_the_mouth _of fools it _pours _forth foolishness.

ULT The tongue of the wise makes knowledge good, ⇔ but the mouth of the stupid gushes forth folly.

UST What wise people say makes others want to know more, ⇔  but foolish people constantly say what is foolish.

BSB & MSB The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, ⇔  but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, ⇔  but the mouths of fools gush out folly.

NET The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, ⇔ but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.

LSV The tongue of the wise makes knowledge good,
And the mouth of fools utters folly.

FBV What wise people say makes knowledge attractive, but stupid people talk a lot of nonsense.

T4T ⇔  When wise people speak [MTY], it causes those who hear what they say to want to know more; ⇔  foolish people continually say [MTY] what is foolish.

LEB • The tongue of the wise will dispense knowledge,
• but the mouth of fools will pour out folly.

BBE Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

Moff Knowledge distils from wise discourse: ⇔  folly gushes from the discourse of fools.

JPS The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright; but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

ASV The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; ⇔ But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

DRA The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly.

YLT The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

Drby The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright; but the mouth of the foolish poureth out folly.

RV The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out folly.
(The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth/pours out folly.)

SLT The tongue of the wise will make knowledge good: and the mouth of the foolish will gush forth folly.

Wbstr The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

KJB-1769 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.[fn]
(The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth/pours out foolishness.)

KJB-1611 [fn]The tongue of the wise, vseth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fooles, powreth out foolishnes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.
(The tongue of such as be wise useth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolish mouth it babbleth out nothing but foolishness.)

Gnva The tongue of the wise vseth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fooles babbleth out foolishnesse.
(The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools babbleth out foolishness.)

Cvdl A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse.
(A wise tongue commondeth knowledge, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothing but foolishness.)

Wycl The tunge of wise men ourneth kunnyng; the mouth of foolis buylith out foli.
(The tongue of wise men ourneth cunning; the mouth of fools buylith out folly.)

Luth Der Weisen Zunge macht die Lehre lieblich; der Narren Mund speiet eitel Narrheit.
(The wise_(men) tongue power the teaching lovely/delightful; the/of_the fool(n) mouth vomit(v) vain folly.)

ClVg Lingua sapientium ornat scientiam; os fatuorum ebullit stultitiam.[fn]
(Lingua wise ornat knowledge; mouth fatuorum ebullit stupidity.)

UHB לְשׁ֣וֹן חֲ֭כָמִים תֵּיטִ֣יב דָּ֑עַת וּ⁠פִ֥י כְ֝סִילִ֗ים יַבִּ֥יעַ אִוֶּֽלֶת׃ ‡

BrLXX Γλῶσσα σοφῶν καλὰ ἐπίσταται, στόμα δὲ ἀφρόνων ἀναγγέλλει κακά.

BrTr The tongue of the wise knows what is good: but the mouth of the foolish tells out evil things.