Parallel Verses

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:

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 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. 6 A senseless man has no knowledge,
Nor does a stupid man understand this:
7 The wicked spring forth as the grass, and all the workers of iniquity blossom, so that they shall be destroyed for ever:

Cross References

Psalm 73:22

But I was ignorant and did not understand; I was as a beast before thee.

Psalm 49:10

For he sees that all the wise men die, likewise the fool and the ignorant perish and leave their wealth to others.

Psalm 94:8

Understand, ye carnal ones among the people, and, ye fools, when will ye be wise?

Psalm 14:1

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is no one that does good.

Psalm 32:9

Be ye not as the horse or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in subjection with bit and bridle, or they will not come near unto thee.

Psalm 75:4

I said unto the fools, Do not deal foolishly and to the wicked, Do not lift up the horn:

Proverbs 1:22

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and the fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom, is too high for a fool; he shall not open his mouth in the gate.

Proverbs 30:2

Surely I am more carnal than any man and have not the understanding of a man.

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel does not know, my people do not have understanding.

Jeremiah 10:14

Every man is carnal in his knowledge: let every founder be ashamed of his graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no spirit in them.

Luke 12:20

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things be which thou hast stored up?

1 Corinthians 2:14

But the natural man does not perceive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

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