- New International Version
Wisdom is too high for fools; in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.
- New Living Translation
Wisdom is too lofty for fools. Among leaders at the city gate, they have nothing to say.
- English Standard Version
Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.
- Berean Standard Bible
Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
- King James Bible
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
- New King James Version
Wisdom is too lofty for a fool; He does not open his mouth in the gate.
- New American Standard Bible
Wisdom is too exalted for a fool, He does not open his mouth at the gate.
- NASB 1995
Wisdom is too exalted for a fool, He does not open his mouth in the gate.
- NASB 1977
Wisdom is too high for a fool, He does not open his mouth in the gate.
- Amplified Bible
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].
- Christian Standard Bible
Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool; he does not open his mouth at the city gate.
- Holman Christian Standard Bible
Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool; he does not open his mouth at the gate.
- American Standard Version
Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.
- Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Wisdom casts out the fool and he does not open his mouth in the gate.
- Brenton Septuagint Translation
Wisdom and good understanding are in the gates of the wise: the wise turn not aside from the mouth of the Lord,
- Contemporary English Version
Wisdom is too much for fools! Their advice is no good.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
Wisdom is too high for a fool, in the gate he shall not open his mouth.
- Good News Translation
Wise sayings are too deep for stupid people to understand. They have nothing to say when important matters are being discussed.
- International Standard Version
Wisdom lies beyond reach of the fool; he has nothing to say in court.
- JPS Tanakh 1917
Wisdom is as unattainable to a fool as corals; He openeth not his mouth in the gate.
- Literal Standard Version
Wisdom [is] high for a fool, he does not open his mouth in the gate.
- New American Bible
Wise words are beyond fools’ reach, in the assembly they do not open their mouth;
- NET Bible
Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.
- New Revised Standard Version
Wisdom is too high for fools; in the gate they do not open their mouths.
- New Heart English Bible
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.
- World English Bible
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.
- Young’s Literal Translation
Wisdom is high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.
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