Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

Also, a life without knowledge is not good, and he who moves quickly with [his] feet {misses the mark}.

New American Standard Bible

Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge,
And he who hurries his footsteps errs.

King James Version

Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

Holman Bible

Even zeal is not good without knowledge,
and the one who acts hastily sins.

International Standard Version

Furthermore, it isn't good to be ignorant, and whoever rushes into things misses the mark.

A Conservative Version

Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good. And he who hastens with his feet sins.

American Standard Version

Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

Amplified


Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge,
And he who hurries with his feet [acting impulsively and proceeding without caution or analyzing the consequences] sins (misses the mark).

Bible in Basic English

Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.

Darby Translation

Also that a person be without knowledge is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet maketh false steps.

Julia Smith Translation

Also the soul without knowledge is not good, and he hastening with his feat, sins.

King James 2000

Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; and he that hastens with his feet sins.

Modern King James verseion

Also without knowledge the soul is not good, and he who hurries with his feet sins.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Where no discretion is, there the soul is not well; and whoso is swift on foot, stumbleth hastily.

NET Bible

It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

New Heart English Bible

It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.

The Emphasized Bible

Surely, for the soul to be, without knowledge, is not good, and, he that hasteth with his feet, strayeth.

Webster

Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

World English Bible

It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.

Youngs Literal Translation

Also, without knowledge the soul is not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Also, that the soul
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

דּעת 
Da`ath 
Usage: 91

it is not good
טוב 
Towb 
Usage: 553

and he that hasteth
אוּץ 
'uwts 
Usage: 10

with his feet
רגל 
Regel 
Usage: 247

Context Readings

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

1 Better a poor person walking in integrity than one who is perverse {in his speech} and is a fool. 2 Also, a life without knowledge is not good, and he who moves quickly with [his] feet {misses the mark}. 3 As for the folly of humankind, its way leads to ruin, and against Yahweh his heart will rage.

Cross References

Proverbs 21:5

The plans of the diligent only [lead] to abundance, but all who are hasty, only to want.

Proverbs 29:20

You see a man who is hasty in his words: [there is more] hope for a fool than him.

Job 31:5

"If I have walked with falseness, and my foot has hastened to deceit,

Proverbs 1:16

for their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed blood,

Proverbs 10:21

Lips of righteousness feed many, but fools {die for lack of sense}.

Proverbs 14:29

[He who is] slow to anger [has] great understanding, but the hasty of spirit exalts folly.

Proverbs 25:8

do not hastily bring out to court, for what will you do at its end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Proverbs 28:20

A man of faithfulness [has] abundant blessings, but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 28:22

He who hurries for wealth is {a man with an evil eye}, but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be quick in your spirit to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

Ecclesiastes 12:9

The Teacher was full of wisdom, and he taught the people with knowledge. He carefully considered many proverbs and carefully arranged them.

Isaiah 27:11

{When its branches are dry}, they are broken; women [are] coming [and] setting light to it. For it [is] not a people of understanding; therefore his maker will not have compassion on him, and his creator will not show him favor.

Isaiah 28:16

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: "Look! I [am] laying a stone in Zion, a {tested} stone, a precious cornerstone, a founded foundation: 'The one who trusts will not {panic}.'

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from acting as a priest for me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

John 16:3

And they will do these [things] because they do not know the Father or me.

Romans 10:2

For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

Philippians 1:9

And this I pray: that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

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