Verse List for PROV 18:1

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OET (OET-RV) People who keep themselves separate, seek their own desires, ⇔ They reject sound wisdom.

OET-LV (to)_desire he _seeks one _who_separates _himself in_all sound _wisdom he _breaks _out.

ULT One who separates himself seeks for desire; ⇔ against all sound wisdom, he breaks out.

UST People who avoid other people only care about doing what they want to do. ⇔  They refuse to do anything that is wise.

BSB & MSB He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; ⇔  he rebels against all sound judgment.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, ⇔  and defies all sound judgement.

NET One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; ⇔ he rejects all sound judgment.

LSV He who is separated seeks [his own] desire,
He interferes with all wisdom.

FBV Selfish people only please themselves, they attack anything that makes good sense.

T4T Those who separate themselves from other people think only about those things that they are interested in; ⇔  if they would continually associate with those who have good judgment/sense, they would constantly disagree/quarrel with them.

LEB • He who is selfish seeks a craving;[fn]
• against all sound judgment he shows contempt.

BBE He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.

Moff q1 A slanderer is always on the outlook ⇔  he will do anything to make mischief.

JPS He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, and snarlest against all sound wisdom.

ASV He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, ⇔ And rageth against all sound wisdom.

DRA He that hath a mind to depart from a friend seeketh occasions: he shall ever be subject to reproach.

YLT For [an object of] desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.

Drby He that separateth himself seeketh [his] pleasure, he is vehement against all sound wisdom.

RV He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, and rageth against all sound wisdom.
(He that separateth/separates himself seeketh/seeks his own desire, and rageth against all sound wisdom.)

SLT He separating himself will seek according to desire; he will be irritated with every purpose.

Wbstr Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

KJB-1769 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.[fn]
(Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh/seeks and intermeddleth with all wisdom.)

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Through desire a man hauing separated himselfe, seeketh and intermedleth with all wisedome.
(¶ Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh/seeks and intermedleth with all wisdom.)

Bshps Who so hath an earnest desire to wysdome he will sequester him selfe to seeke it, and occupie him selfe in all stedfastnesse & sounde doctrine.
(Whoso/Whoever hath/has an earnest desire to wisdom he will sequester himself to seek it, and occupy himself in all steadfastness and sound doctrine.)

Gnva For the desire thereof hee will separate himselfe to seeke it, and occupie himselfe in all wisdome.
(For the desire thereof he will separate himself to seek it, and occupy himself in all wisdom.)

Cvdl Who so hath pleasure to sowe discorde, piketh a quarell in euery thinge.
(Whoso/Whoever hath/has pleasure to sow discorde, piketh a quarrel in every thing.)

Wycl He that wole go a wei fro a frend, sekith occasiouns; in al tyme he schal be dispisable.
(He that will go away from a friend, seeketh/seeks occasiouns; in all time he shall be dispisable.)

Luth Wer sich absondert, der sucht, was ihn gelüstet, und setzt sich wider alles, was gut ist.
(Who itself/yourself/themselves absondert, the/of_the searches, what/which him/it craved, and sets itself/yourself/themselves against all/everything, what/which good is.)

ClVg [Occasiones quærit qui vult recedere ab amico: omni tempore erit exprobrabilis.[fn]
([Occasiones seeks who/which wants to_retreat away friend: all at_the_time will_be exprobrabilis.)

UHB לְֽ֭⁠תַאֲוָה יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ נִפְרָ֑ד בְּ⁠כָל־תּ֝וּשִׁיָּ֗ה יִתְגַּלָּֽע׃ ‡

BrLXX Προφάσεις ζητεῖ ἀνὴρ βουλόμενος χωρίζεσθαι ἀπὸ φίλων, ἐν παντὶ δὲ καιρῷ ἐπονείδιστος ἔσται.

BrTr A man who wishes to separate from friends seeks excuses; but at all times he will be liable to reproach.