Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.
New American Standard Bible
He does not open his mouth
King James Version
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Holman Bible
he does not open his mouth at the gate.
International Standard Version
Wisdom lies beyond reach of the fool; he has nothing to say in court.
A Conservative Version
Wisdom is too high for a fool. He opens not his mouth in the gate.
American Standard Version
Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Amplified
Wisdom is too exalted for a [hardened, arrogant]
He does not open his mouth in the gate [where the city’s rulers sit in judgment].
Bible in Basic English
Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.
Darby Translation
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he will not open his mouth in the gate.
Julia Smith Translation
High things to the foolish is wisdom: in the gate he will not open his mouth.
King James 2000
Wisdom is too lofty for a fool: he opens not his mouth in the gate.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Wisdom [is too] high for fools; at the gate he will not open his mouth.
Modern King James verseion
Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the gate.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wisdom is a high thing; yea, even to the fool, for he dare not open his mouth in the gate.
New Heart English Bible
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn't open his mouth in the gate.
The Emphasized Bible
Unattainable to a foolish man, are the dictates of wisdom, in the gate, he openeth not his mouth.
Webster
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
World English Bible
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn't open his mouth in the gate.
Youngs Literal Translation
Wisdom is high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.
Themes
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 24:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Learning From Your Father
6 for with guidance you wage your war, and with numerous advisers there is victory. 7 Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth. 8 The one who plans to do evil will be called a scheming person.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 14:6
The scorner seeks wisdom but finds none, but understanding is easy for a discerning person.
Psalm 10:5
He is secure at all times. He has no regard for your commands; he disdains all his enemies.
Job 5:4
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered, nor is there anyone to deliver them.
Job 29:7-25
When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,
Job 31:21
if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,
Psalm 92:5-6
How great are your works, O Lord! Your plans are very intricate!
Proverbs 15:24
The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.
Proverbs 17:24
Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 22:22
Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,
Proverbs 31:8-9
Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.
Isaiah 29:21
those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.
Amos 5:10
The Israelites hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; they despise anyone who speaks honestly.
Amos 5:12
Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.
Amos 5:15
Hate what is wrong, love what is right! Promote justice at the city gate! Maybe the Lord, the God who commands armies, will have mercy on those who are left from Joseph.
1 Corinthians 2:14
The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.