Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

New American Standard Bible

Do not be wise in your own eyes;
Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

King James Version

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Holman Bible

Don’t consider yourself to be wise;
fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

International Standard Version

Do not be wise in your own opinion. Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

A Conservative Version

Be not wise in thine own eyes. Fear LORD, and depart from evil.

American Standard Version

Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

Amplified


Do not be wise in your own eyes;
Fear the Lord [with reverent awe and obedience] and turn [entirely] away from evil.

Bible in Basic English

Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:

Julia Smith Translation

Thou shalt not be wise in thine eyes: fear Jehovah and depart from evil.

King James 2000

Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Yahweh and retreat from evil.

Modern King James verseion

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Jehovah and depart from evil.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Be not wise in thine own conceit, but fear the LORD, and depart from evil:

NET Bible

Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

New Heart English Bible

Do not be wise in your own eyes. Fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

The Emphasized Bible

Do not become wise in thine own eyes, revere Yahweh, and avoid evil:

Webster

Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

World English Bible

Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

Youngs Literal Translation

Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Be not wise
חכם 
Chakam 
Usage: 137

the Lord

Usage: 0

and depart
שׂוּר סוּר 
Cuwr 
Usage: 301

References

Context Readings

Wisdom And Piety

6 in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make plain thy paths. 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear Jehovah, and depart from evil: 8 it shall be health for thy navel, and moisture for thy bones.


Cross References

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and this man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and abstained from evil.

Romans 12:16

Have the same respect one for another, not minding high things, but going along with the lowly: be not wise in your own eyes:

Job 28:28

And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Proverbs 16:6

By loving-kindness and truth iniquity is atoned for; and by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors that were before me had been chargeable to the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver: even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not so, because of the fear of God.

Psalm 34:11-14

Come, ye sons, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of Jehovah.

Proverbs 14:27

The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.

Proverbs 26:12

Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Let us hear the end of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole of man.

Isaiah 5:21

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!

Romans 11:25

For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, that ye may not be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the nations be come in;

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