Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?

New American Standard Bible

Pay heed, you senseless among the people;
And when will you understand, stupid ones?

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Pay attention, you stupid people!
Fools, when will you be wise?

International Standard Version

Pay attention, you dull ones among the crowds! You fools! Will you ever become wise?

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


Consider thoughtfully, you senseless (stupid ones) among the people;
And you [dull-minded] fools, when will you become wise and understand?

Bible in Basic English

Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye foolish, when will ye understand?

King James 2000

Understand, you senseless among the people: and you fools, when will you be wise?

Lexham Expanded Bible

You pay attention, O brutes among the people. And [you] fools, when you will show insight?

Modern King James verseion

Understand, you beastly ones among the people; and fools, when will you be wise?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Take heed, ye unwise among the people: O ye fools, when will ye understand?

NET Bible

Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand?

New Heart English Bible

Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

Webster

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

World English Bible

Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

Youngs Literal Translation

Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ye brutish
בּער 
Ba`ar 
Usage: 94

עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

and ye fools
כּסיל 
K@ciyl 
Usage: 70

References

Morish

Context Readings

A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors

7 Yet have they said - Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand. 8 Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion? 9 He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see?

Cross References

Psalm 92:6

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

Psalm 49:10

For it is seen that, the wise, die, Together with the dullard, and the brutish, do they perish, And leave, to others, their wealth:

Deuteronomy 32:29

If they had been wise, they would have understood this, - They would have given heed to their here-after!

Psalm 73:22

But, I, was brutish, and could not perceive, Like the beasts, had I become before thee.

Proverbs 1:22

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

Proverbs 8:5

Understand, ye simple ones, shrewdness, and, ye dullards understand sense;

Proverbs 12:1

He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge, but, he that hateth reproof, is brutish.

Isaiah 27:11

When the cut-off boughs thereof are dry, they shall be broken to pieces, Women, coming, are kindling it! For it is not a people of understanding, For this cause, Will he that made him, not have compassion upon him, And, he that formed him, will shew him no favour.

Jeremiah 8:6-8

I hearkened and heard - Not aright, did they speak, - Not a man, repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done! They have every one, turned to their course again, Like a horse sweeping on through the battle.

Jeremiah 10:8

But at once, do they become brutish and stupid, - An example of utmost vanity, is, a tree!

Romans 3:11

There is none that discerneth, There is none that seeketh out God:

Titus 3:3

For, even we, used, at one time, to be - thoughtless, unyielding, deceived, in servitude unto manifold covetings and pleasures, in malice and envy, leading on, detestable, hating one another.

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