Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
All of them are straight to him who understands, and upright to those who find knowledge.
New American Standard Bible
And right to those who
King James Version
They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Holman Bible
and right to those who discover knowledge.
International Standard Version
Everything I say is sensible to someone who understands, and correct to those who have acquired knowledge.
A Conservative Version
They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.
American Standard Version
They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.
Amplified
“They are all straightforward to him who understands [with an open and willing mind],
And right to those who find knowledge and live by it.
Bible in Basic English
They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.
Darby Translation
They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Julia Smith Translation
All of them straight to him understanding, and right to those finding knowledge.
King James 2000
They are all plain to him that understands, and right to them that find knowledge.
Modern King James verseion
They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They are all plain to such as will understand, and right to them that find knowledge.
NET Bible
All of them are clear to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge.
New Heart English Bible
They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.
The Emphasized Bible
All of them, shall be plain, to them who would understand, and just, to such as would gain knowledge.
Webster
They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
World English Bible
They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.
Youngs Literal Translation
All of them are plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.
Themes
Knowledge » Those that find knowledge
The fruit of righteousness » What is righteous
Interlinear
Biyn
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 8:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Wisdom Calls
8 All sayings of my mouth [are] in righteousness; none of them are twisted and crooked. 9 All of them are straight to him who understands, and upright to those who find knowledge. 10 Take my teaching and not silver; may you choose knowledge rather than choice gold.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:6
A scoffer seeks wisdom, but there is none, but knowledge {comes easily to him who understands}.
Psalm 19:7-8
The law of Yahweh [is] perfect, reviving life. The testimony of Yahweh [is] firm, making wise [the] simple.
Psalm 25:12-14
Who [is] the man fearing Yahweh? He will instruct him in [the] way he should choose.
Psalm 119:98-100
Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, because they [are] ever with me.
Proverbs 15:14
The heart of him who understands will seek knowledge, but the faces of fools, they will feed on folly.
Proverbs 15:24
The path of life [leads] upward for him who has insight, in order to turn away from Sheol below.
Proverbs 17:24
He who understands sets [his] face [toward] wisdom, but the eyes of a fool, to the end of the earth.
Proverbs 18:1-2
He who is selfish seeks a craving; against all sound judgment he shows contempt.
Proverbs 18:15
An intelligent {mind} will acquire knowledge, and the ear of the wise will seek knowledge.
Isaiah 35:8
And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness. [The] unclean shall not travel through it, but it [is] for them, he who walks [on the] way; and fools shall not wander about.
Micah 2:7
Should [this] be said, O house of Jacob? Is the patience of Yahweh shortened? [Are] these his deeds? Are my words not pleasing to him who walks upright?
Matthew 13:11-12
And he answered [and] said to them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to those [people] it has not been granted.
John 6:45
It is written in the prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who hears from the Father and learns comes to me.
John 7:17
If anyone wants to do his will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or I am speaking from myself.
1 Corinthians 2:14-15
But the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is not able to understand [them], because they are spiritually discerned.
James 1:5
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for [it] from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.