Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand it.

New American Standard Bible

A senseless man has no knowledge,
Nor does a stupid man understand this:

King James Version

A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

Holman Bible

A stupid person does not know,
a fool does not understand this:

International Standard Version

A stupid man doesn't know, and a fool can't comprehend this:

A Conservative Version

A brutish man knows not, nor does a fool understand this.

American Standard Version

A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:

Amplified


A senseless man [in his crude and uncultivated state] knows nothing,
Nor does a [self-righteous] fool understand this:

Julia Smith Translation

A brutish man shall not know, and a fool shall not understand this.

King James 2000

A senseless man knows not; neither does a fool understand this.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[The] brutish man does not know, and [the] fool cannot understand this.

Modern King James verseion

A beastly man does not know; nor does a fool understand this.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

An unwise man will not know this, and a fool will not understand it -

NET Bible

The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.

New Heart English Bible

A senseless man doesn't know, neither does a fool understand this:

The Emphasized Bible

A man that is brutish, cannot know, And, dullard, cannot discern this: -

Webster

A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

World English Bible

A senseless man doesn't know, neither does a fool understand this:

Youngs Literal Translation

A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --

Context Readings

God's Love And Faithfulness

5 Jehovah, how great are thy works! Thy thoughts are very deep: 6 A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand it. 7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed for ever.

Cross References

Psalm 73:22

Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was as a beast with thee.

Psalm 49:10

For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others.

Psalm 94:8

Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

Psalm 14:1

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, they have done abominable works: there is none that doeth good.

Psalm 32:9

Be ye not as a horse, as a mule, which have no understanding: whose trappings must be bit and bridle, for restraint, or they will not come unto thee.

Psalm 75:4

I said unto the boastful, Boast not; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

Proverbs 1:22

How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too high for a fool: he will not open his mouth in the gate.

Proverbs 30:2

Truly I am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; Israel doth not know, my people hath no intelligence.

Jeremiah 10:14

Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?

1 Corinthians 2:14

But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him; and he cannot know them because they are spiritually discerned;

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