Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

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

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.

Amplified


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

Darby Translation

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

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 How great are thy works, O Jehovah! Thy thoughts are very deep. 6 A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this: 7 When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.

Cross References

Psalm 73:22

So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee.

Psalm 49:10

For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

Psalm 94:8

Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?

Psalm 14:1

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.

Psalm 32:9

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, Else they will not come near unto thee.

Psalm 75:4

I said unto the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly; And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

Proverbs 1:22

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Proverbs 30:2

Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

Jeremiah 10:14

Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Luke 12:20

But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

1 Corinthians 2:14

Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

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