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Proverbs 24:7
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KJ21
Wisdom is too high for a fool; he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
ASV
Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.
AMP
Wisdom is too exalted for a [hardened, arrogant] fool; He does not open his mouth in the gate [where the city’s rulers sit in judgment].
AMPC
Wisdom is too high for a fool; he opens not his mouth in the gate [where the city’s rulers sit in judgment].
BRG
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
CSB
Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool; he does not open his mouth at the city gate.
CSBA
Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool; he does not open his mouth at the city gate.
CEB
Wisdom is beyond foolish people. They don’t open their mouths in the gate.
CJB
Wisdom is too lofty for a fool; he keeps his mouth shut at the city gate.
CEV
Wisdom is too much for fools! Their advice is no good.
DARBY
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he will not open his mouth in the gate.
DRA
Wisdom is too high for a fool, in the gate he shall not open his mouth.
ERV
Fools cannot understand wisdom. They have nothing to say when people are discussing important things.
EASY
22. A fool cannot understand wisdom. He has nothing to say when leaders meet.
EHV
Wise decisions are out of reach for a stubborn fool. In court he cannot open his mouth.
ESV
Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.
ESVUK
Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.
EXB
Foolish people cannot understand wisdom. They ·have nothing to say [L do not open their mouth] in ·a discussion [L the gate; C where the elders make decisions].
GNV
Wisdom is high to a fool: therefore he cannot open his mouth in the gate.
GW
Matters of wisdom are beyond the grasp of a stubborn fool. At the city gate he does not open his mouth.
GNT
Wise sayings are too deep for stupid people to understand. They have nothing to say when important matters are being discussed.
HCSB
Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool; he does not open his mouth at the gate.
ICB
A foolish person cannot understand wisdom. He has nothing to say in court.
ISV
Wisdom lies beyond reach of the fool; he has nothing to say in court.
JUB
¶ Wisdom, is too high for a fool; he shall not open his mouth in the gate.
KJV
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
AKJV
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
LSB
Wisdom is too exalted for an ignorant fool, He does not open his mouth in the gate.
LEB
Wisdom is too high for fools; at the gate he will not open his mouth.
TLB
Wisdom is too much for a rebel. He’ll not be chosen as a counselor!
MSG
Wise conversation is way over the head of fools; in a serious discussion they haven’t a clue.
MEV
Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the gate.
NOG
Matters of wisdom are beyond the grasp of a stubborn fool. At the city gate he does not open his mouth.
NABRE
Wise words are beyond fools’ reach, in the assembly they do not open their mouth;
NASB
Wisdom is too exalted for a fool, He does not open his mouth at the gate.
NASB1995
Wisdom is too exalted for a fool, He does not open his mouth in the gate.
NCB
Wisdom is too lofty for a fool; at the city gate he does not open his mouth.
NCV
Foolish people cannot understand wisdom. They have nothing to say in a discussion.
NET
Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.
NIRV
Wisdom is too high for foolish people. They shouldn’t speak when people meet at the city gate to conduct business.
NIV
Wisdom is too high for fools; in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.
NIVUK
Wisdom is too high for fools; in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.
NKJV
Wisdom is too lofty for a fool; He does not open his mouth in the gate.
NLV
Wisdom is too hard for a fool to understand. He does not open his mouth in the gate.
NLT
Wisdom is too lofty for fools. Among leaders at the city gate, they have nothing to say.
NRSVA
Wisdom is too high for fools; in the gate they do not open their mouths.
NRSVACE
Wisdom is too high for fools; in the gate they do not open their mouths.
NRSVCE
Wisdom is too high for fools; in the gate they do not open their mouths.
NRSVUE
Wisdom is too high for fools; in the gate they do not open their mouths.
OJB
Chochmah is too lofty for a fool; he openeth not his peh (mouth) at the sha’ar.
RGT
Wisdom is high to a fool. He cannot open his mouth in the gate.
RSV
Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.
RSVCE
Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.
TLV
Wisdom is unattainable for a fool— he does not open his mouth at the gate.
VOICE
Fools can’t grab hold of wisdom; it’s out of their reach; they dare not open their mouths in public for no one would listen anyway.
WEB
Wisdom is too high for a fool. He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.
WYC
Wisdom is high to a fool; in the gate he shall not open his mouth. (Wisdom is too high for a fool to reach; in court/at the city gates, he shall not even dare to open his mouth.)
YLT
Wisdom [is] high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.
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