Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
But the folly of fools is foolishness.
King James Version
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
Holman Bible
but the foolishness of fools produces foolishness.
International Standard Version
The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the stupidity of fools is just that stupidity!
A Conservative Version
The crown of the wise is their riches. The foolishness of fools is folly.
American Standard Version
The crown of the wise is their riches; But the folly of fools is only folly.
Amplified
The crown of the wise is their wealth [of wisdom],
But the foolishness of [closed-minded] fools is [nothing but] folly.
Bible in Basic English
Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.
Darby Translation
The crown of the wise is their riches; the folly of the foolish is folly.
Julia Smith Translation
The crown of the wise is their riches: the folly of the foolish, folly.
King James 2000
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The crown of the wise [is] their wealth; the folly of fools is folly.
Modern King James verseion
The crown of the wise is their riches of wisdom; the foolishness of fools is folly.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Riches are an ornament unto the wise; but the ignorance of fools is very foolishness.
NET Bible
The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly.
New Heart English Bible
The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.
The Emphasized Bible
the crown of the wise, is their wealth, but, the folly of dullards, is, folly.
Webster
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
World English Bible
The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.
Youngs Literal Translation
The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools is folly.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 14:24
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Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
23
In all labour there is fruit, but to talk and not do, brings poverty.
24
But the folly of fools is foolishness.
Cross References
Psalm 49:10-13
For he sees that all the wise men die, likewise the fool and the ignorant perish and leave their wealth to others.
Psalm 112:9
Pe He has dispersed; he has given to the poor; Tzaddi his righteousness endures for ever; Koph his horn shall be exalted in glory.
Proverbs 27:22
Though thou should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
Ecclesiastes 7:11-12
Knowledge is good with an inheritance and is the excellency of those that see the sun.
Isaiah 33:6
And in thy times wisdom and knowledge, and the strength of salvation shall reign: the fear of the LORD shall be his treasure.
Luke 12:19-20
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Luke 16:9
And I say unto you, Make friends unto yourselves with the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when these fail, you may be received into eternal dwellings.
Luke 16:19-25
There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day;