Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.
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 King James verseion
The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding searches him out.
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 28:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
10 Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good. 11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him. 12 In the exulting of the righteous the glory is abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.
Cross References
Proverbs 26:16
Wiser is the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven men returning a reason.
Job 32:9
The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment.
Proverbs 18:11
The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.
Proverbs 18:17
Righteous is the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him.
Proverbs 19:1
Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse in his lips, who is a fool.
Proverbs 23:4
Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.
Proverbs 26:5
Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
Ecclesiastes 9:15-17
and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man!
Isaiah 5:21
Woe to the wise in their own eyes, And -- before their own faces -- intelligent!
Isaiah 10:13-14
For he hath said, 'By the power of my hand I have wrought, And by my wisdom, for I have been intelligent, And I remove borders of the peoples, And their chief ones I have spoiled, And I put down as a mighty one the inhabitants,
Ezekiel 28:3-5
Lo, thou art wiser than Daniel, No hidden thing have they concealed from thee.
Luke 16:13-14
'No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'
Romans 11:25
For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this secret -- that ye may not be wise in your own conceits -- that hardness in part to Israel hath happened till the fulness of the nations may come in;
Romans 12:16
of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;
1 Corinthians 3:18-19
Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age -- let him become a fool, that he may become wise,
1 Timothy 6:17
Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --