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Proverbs 9:16

16  y“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”

And to him who lacks sense she says,

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Proverbs 9:16 — The New International Version (NIV)

16 “Let all who are simple come to my house!”

To those who have no sense she says,

Proverbs 9:16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:

And as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Proverbs 9:16 — New Living Translation (NLT)

16 “Come in with me,” she urges the simple.

To those who lack good judgment, she says,

Proverbs 9:16 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here”;

And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,

Proverbs 9:16 — New Century Version (NCV)

16 She says to those who are uneducated,

“Come in here, you foolish people!

Proverbs 9:16 — American Standard Version (ASV)

16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither;

And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

Proverbs 9:16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,

Proverbs 9:16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

16 “Whoever is gullible turn in here!” 

She says to a person without sense, 

Proverbs 9:16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

16 “Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!”

To the one who lacks sense, she says,

Proverbs 9:16 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

16 “You who are simple, turn in here!”

And to those without sense she says,

Proverbs 9:16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16 “Whoever is simple, may he turn here!”

As for he who lacks sense, she says to him,

Proverbs 9:16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

16 She says, “Let all who are childish come in here!”

She speaks to those who have no sense.

Proverbs 9:16 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

16 Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,”

And to him who lacks understanding she says,


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