Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The words of the wise and their
King James Version
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Holman Bible
the words of the wise, and their riddles.
International Standard Version
in understanding proverbs, clever sayings, words of the wise, and their riddles.
A Conservative Version
to understand a proverb, and a figure, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
American Standard Version
To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Amplified
To understand a proverb and a figure [of speech] or an enigma with its interpretation,
And the words of the wise and their riddles [that require reflection].
Bible in Basic English
To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.
Darby Translation
to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.
Julia Smith Translation
To understand a proverb, and an enigma: the words of the wise and their parables.
King James 2000
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their riddles.
Lexham Expanded Bible
to understand a proverb and an expression, words of wisdom and their riddles.
Modern King James verseion
to understand a proverb and its meaning; the words of the wise, and their acute sayings.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and he that is endued with understanding shall obtain wit to perceive a parable, and the interpretation thereof; the words of the wise, and the dark speeches of the same.
NET Bible
To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable, the sayings of the wise and their riddles.
New Heart English Bible
to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
The Emphasized Bible
By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Webster
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
World English Bible
to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
Youngs Literal Translation
For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 1:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,
Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.
Mark 4:11
And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables,
Numbers 12:8
With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?"
Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd.
Matthew 13:10-17
Then the disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
Matthew 13:34-35
All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.
Matthew 13:51-52
"Have you understood all these things?" They said to him, "Yes."
Mark 4:34
He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
Acts 8:30-31
So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
2 Peter 3:16
as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.