Verse List for PROV 15:7

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OET (OET-RV) The lips of the wise spread knowledge, ⇔ ^ but it’s not so for the minds of fools.

OET-LV the_lips _of wise_people they _scatter knowledge and_the_heart _of fools is_not right.

ULT The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, ⇔ but the heart of the stupid, 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 & MSB The lips of the wise spread knowledge, ⇔  but not so the hearts of fools.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB 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 • The lips of the wise will spread knowledge,
• but the heart[fn] of fools, not so.

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

Moff Wise men’s discourse diffuses knowledge, ⇔  but a fool’s mind will never master it.

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.

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

SLT The lips of the wise will disperse knowledge: and the heart of the foolish not so.

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

KJB-1769 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/does not so.)

KJB-1611 The lippes of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish, doeth not so.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge: but the heart of the foolishe do not so.
(The lips of the wise do sow knowledge: but the heart of the foolish do not so.)

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

Cvdl A wyse mouth poureth out knowlege, but ye herte of the foolish doth not so.
(A wise mouth poureth/pours out knowledge, but ye/you_all heart of the foolish doeth/does not so.)

Wycl The lippis of wise men schulen sowe abrood kunnyng; the herte of foolis schal be vnlijc.
(The lips of wise men should sow abroad cunning; the heart of fools shall be unlijc.)

Luth Der Weisen Mund streuet guten Rat; aber der Narren Herz ist nicht also.
(The wise_(men) mouth scatters/spreads good Rat; but the/of_the fool(n) heart is not also.)

ClVg Labia sapientium disseminabunt scientiam; cor stultorum dissimile erit.[fn]
(lips wise disseminabunt knowledge; heart of_fools dissimile will_be.)

UHB שִׂפְתֵ֣י חֲ֭כָמִים יְזָ֣רוּ דָ֑עַת וְ⁠לֵ֖ב כְּסִילִ֣ים לֹא־כֵֽן׃ ‡

BrLXX Χείλη σοφῶν δέδεται αἰσθήσει, καρδίαι δὲ ἀφρόνων οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς.

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