Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding searches him out.
New American Standard Bible
But the poor who has understanding
King James Version
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Holman Bible
but a poor man who has discernment sees through him.
International Standard Version
The rich man may be wise in his own opinion; but a discerning, poor man sees through him.
A Conservative Version
The rich man is wise in his own conceit, but a poor man who has understanding searches him out.
American Standard Version
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Amplified
The rich man [who is conceited and relies on his wealth instead of God] is wise in his own eyes,
But the poor man who has understanding [because he relies on God] is able to see through him.
Bible in Basic English
The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.
Darby Translation
A rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Julia Smith Translation
The rich man is wise in his eyes, and the poor one understanding shall search him out.
King James 2000
The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor that has understanding will find him out.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A man of wealth [is] wise in his own eyes, but the intelligent poor sees through him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The rich man thinketh himself to be wise; but the poor that hath understanding, can perceive him well enough.
NET Bible
A rich person is wise in his own eyes, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.
New Heart English Bible
The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.
The Emphasized Bible
Wise in his own eyes, is the man that is rich, but, a poor man of discernment, searcheth him out.
Webster
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor man that hath understanding searcheth him out.
World English Bible
The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.
Youngs Literal Translation
A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 28:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
10 Whoever causes the righteous man to go astray in an evil way, he himself shall fall into his own pit; but the upright shall inherit good. 11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding searches him out. 12 When the righteous rejoice, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
Cross References
Proverbs 26:16
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can give a reason.
Job 32:9
It is not the great that are wise, nor the aged who understand judgment.
Proverbs 18:11
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own mind.
Proverbs 18:17
The first in his cause seems just, but his neighbor comes and searches him.
Proverbs 19:1
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Proverbs 23:4
Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own understanding.
Proverbs 26:5
Answer a fool according to his foolishness, so that he may not be wise in his own eyes.
Ecclesiastes 9:15-17
And a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that poor man.
Isaiah 5:21
Woe to those wise in their own eyes, and bright in their own sight!
Isaiah 10:13-14
For he says, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am wise. And I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the people like a strong man.
Ezekiel 28:3-5
Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; all secret things are not hidden from you!
Luke 16:13-14
No servant can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Romans 11:25
For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, lest you should be wise within yourselves; that blindness in part has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the nations has comes in.
Romans 12:16
minding the same thing toward one another, not minding high things, but yielding to the lowly. Do not be wise within yourselves.
1 Corinthians 3:18-19
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool so that he may be wise.
1 Timothy 6:17
Charge the rich in this world that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, He offering to us richly all things to enjoy,