Verse List for PROV 24:7

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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) Wisdom is too much for fools. ⇔ → They don’t open their mouths at the city gate.

OET-LV are_high for_a _fool wisdom(s) in_gate not he _opens mouth _of_his.

ULT Wise things, are too high for a fool; ⇔ at the gate he will not open his mouth.

UST Foolish people cannot understand what is wise; ⇔  they have nothing useful to say in court.

BSB & MSB Wisdom [is] too high for a fool; ⇔  he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Wisdom is too high for a fool. ⇔  He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.

NET Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; ⇔ in court he does not open his mouth.

LSV Wisdom [is] high for a fool, he does not open his mouth in the gate.

FBV Wisdom goes over the heads of stupid people; they have nothing to contribute when important matters are discussed.[fn]

T4T Foolish people cannot understand wise sayings/talk; ⇔  at public meetings they are not able to say anything that is useful.

LEB • Wisdom is too high for fools;
• at the gate he will not open his mouth.

BBE Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.

Moff Wisdom is beyond a fool’s reach ⇔  so he can say nothing in a council.

JPS Wisdom is as unattainable to a fool as corals; he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

ASV Wisdom is too high for a fool: ⇔ He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

DRA Wisdom is too high for a fool, in the gate he shall not open his mouth.

YLT Wisdom [is] high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.

Drby Wisdom is too high for a fool: he will not open his mouth in the gate.

RV Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
(Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth/opens not his mouth in the gate.)

SLT High things to the foolish is wisdom: in the gate he will not open his mouth.

Wbstr Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

KJB-1769 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
(Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth/opens not his mouth in the gate.)

KJB-1611 Wisedome is too high for a foole: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Wysdome is to hye a thyng for a foole: for he dare not open his mouth in the gate.
(Wysdome is to high a thing for a fool: for he dare not open his mouth in the gate.)

Gnva Wisdome is hie to a foole: therefore he can not open his mouth in the gate.
(Wisdome is high to a fool: therefore he cannot open his mouth in the gate.)

Cvdl Wy?dome is an hie thinge, yee eue to ye foole, for he darre not ope his mouth in ye gate.
(Wisdom is an high thing, ye/you_all eve/even to ye/you_all fool, for he darre not open his mouth in ye/you_all gate.)

Wycl Wisdom is hiy to a fool; in the yate he schal not opene his mouth.
(Wisdom is high to a fool; in the gate he shall not open his mouth.)

Luth Weisheit ist dem Narren zu hoch; er darf seinen Mund im Tor nicht auftun.
(wise_(people) is to_him fool(n) to/for high; he may his mouth in_the doorway not open_up.)

ClVg Excelsa stulto sapientia; in porta non aperiet os suum.[fn]
(Excelsa stupid wisdom; in/into/on gate/door not/no will_open mouth his_own.)

UHB רָאמ֣וֹת לֶֽ⁠אֱוִ֣יל חָכְמ֑וֹת בַּ֝⁠שַּׁ֗עַר לֹ֣א יִפְתַּח־פִּֽי⁠הוּ׃ ‡

BrLXX Σοφία καὶ ἔννοια ἀγαθὴ ἐν πύλαις σοφῶν· σοφοὶ οὐκ ἐκκλίνουσιν ἐκ στόματος Κυρίου,

BrTr Wisdom and good understanding are in the gates of the wise: the wise turn not aside from the mouth of the Lord,