Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
For an object of desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.
New American Standard Bible
He
King James Version
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
Holman Bible
he rebels against all sound judgment.
International Standard Version
Whoever isolates himself pursues selfish ends; he resists all sound advice.
A Conservative Version
He who desires to separate himself seeks excuses, and rages against all sound wisdom.
American Standard Version
He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.
Amplified
He quarrels against all sound wisdom.
Bible in Basic English
He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.
Darby Translation
He that separateth himself seeketh his pleasure, he is vehement against all sound wisdom.
Julia Smith Translation
He separating himself will Seek according to desire; he will be irritated with every purpose.
King James 2000
A man, having separated himself, seeks his own desire, and rages against all sound wisdom.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who is selfish seeks a craving; against all sound judgment he shows contempt.
Modern King James verseion
He that separates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound wisdom.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He accompanieth himself with all steadfast and healthsome doctrine, that hath a desire to it and is sequestered from company.
NET Bible
One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; he rejects all sound judgment.
New Heart English Bible
An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
The Emphasized Bible
A man seeketh, for satisfaction, going his own way, through all safe counsel, he breaketh.
Webster
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
World English Bible
An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 18:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
How Fools Live
1 For an object of desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth. 2 A fool delighteth not in understanding, But -- in uncovering his heart.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 2:1-6
My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,
Proverbs 20:3
An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.
Ephesians 5:15-17
See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
Jude 1:19
these are those setting themselves apart, natural men, the Spirit not having.
Exodus 33:16
and in what is it known now, that I have found grace in Thine eyes -- I and Thy people -- is it not in Thy going with us? and we have been distinguished -- I and Thy people -- from all the people who are on the face of the ground.'
Proverbs 14:10
The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.
Proverbs 20:19
A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver with his lips make not thyself surety.
Proverbs 24:21
Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself,
Zechariah 7:3
speaking unto the priests who are at the house of Jehovah of Hosts, and unto the prophets, saying, 'Do I weep in the fifth month -- being separated -- as I have done these so many years?'
Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of contention is a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.
Proverbs 26:17
Laying hold on the ears of a dog, Is a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.
Isaiah 26:8-9
Also, in the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited for Thee, To Thy name and to Thy remembrance Is the desire of the soul.
Jeremiah 15:17
I have not sat in an assembly of deriders, Nor do I exult, because of thy hand, -- Alone I have sat, For with indignation Thou hast filled me.
Matthew 13:11
And he answering said to them that -- 'To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,
Matthew 13:44
'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.
Mark 1:35
And very early, it being yet night, having risen, he went forth, and went away to a desert place, and was there praying;
Mark 4:11
and he said to them, 'To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;
Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God --
2 Corinthians 6:17
wherefore, come ye forth out of the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and an unclean thing do not touch, and I -- I will receive you,