6 Senseless people do not know,

fools do not understand,

7 that though the wicked spring up like grass

and all evildoers flourish,

they will be destroyed forever.

6 A brutish man knoweth not;

Neither doth a fool understand this.

7 When the wicked spring as the grass,

And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish;

It is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

6 Only a simpleton would not know,

and only a fool would not understand this:

7 Though the wicked sprout like weeds

and evildoers flourish,

they will be destroyed forever.

6 A senseless man does not know,

Nor does a fool understand this.

7 When the wicked spring up like grass,

And when all the workers of iniquity flourish,

It is that they may be destroyed forever.

6 Stupid people don’t know these things,

and fools don’t understand.

7 Wicked people grow like the grass.

Evil people seem to do well,

but they will be destroyed forever.

6 A brutish man knoweth not;

Neither doth a fool understand this:

7 When the wicked spring as the grass,

And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish;

It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.

6 A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand it.

7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed for ever.

6 A stupid person cannot know 

and a fool cannot understand 

7 that wicked people sprout like grass 

and all troublemakers blossom ⸤like flowers⸥, 

only to be destroyed forever. 

6 A stupid person does not know,

a fool does not understand this:

7 though the wicked sprout like grass

and all evildoers flourish,

they will be eternally destroyed.

6 The dullard cannot know,

the stupid cannot understand this:

7 though the wicked sprout like grass

and all evildoers flourish,

they are doomed to destruction forever,

6 The brutish man does not know,

and the fool cannot understand this.

7 When the wicked flourish like grass

and all the workers of evil blossom,

it is so they can be destroyed forever.

6 Here is something a man who isn’t wise doesn’t know.

Here is what a foolish person doesn’t understand.

7 Those who are evil spring up like grass.

Those who do wrong succeed.

But they will be destroyed forever.

6 A senseless man has no knowledge,

Nor does a stupid man understand this:

7 That when the wicked sprouted up like grass

And all who did iniquity flourished,

It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.