Parallel Verses

King James Version

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

New American Standard Bible

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

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?

The Emphasized Bible

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

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 they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. 8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

Cross References

Psalm 92:6

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

Psalm 49:10

For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Deuteronomy 32:29

O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

Psalm 73:22

So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

Proverbs 1:22

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

Proverbs 8:5

O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

Proverbs 12:1

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Isaiah 27:11

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

Jeremiah 8:6-8

I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

Jeremiah 10:8

But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

Romans 3:11

There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

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