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Proverbs 24:7

7 Wisdom is atoo exalted for a fool,

He does not open his mouth bin the gate.

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Proverbs 24:7 — The New International Version (NIV)

Wisdom is too high for fools;

in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.

Proverbs 24:7 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Wisdom is too high for a fool;

in the gate he does not open his mouth.

Proverbs 24:7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Wisdom is too high for a fool:

He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Proverbs 24:7 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Wisdom is too lofty for fools.

Among leaders at the city gate, they have nothing to say.

Proverbs 24:7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Wisdom is too lofty for a fool;

He does not open his mouth in the gate.

Proverbs 24:7 — New Century Version (NCV)

Foolish people cannot understand wisdom.

They have nothing to say in a discussion.

Proverbs 24:7 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Wisdom is too high for a fool:

He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Proverbs 24:7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Wisdom is too high for a fool: he will not open his mouth in the gate.

Proverbs 24:7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Matters of wisdom are beyond the grasp of a stubborn fool. 

At the city gate he does not open his mouth. 

Proverbs 24:7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool;

he does not open his mouth at the gate.

Proverbs 24:7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Wisdom is too high for fools;

in the gate they do not open their mouths.

Proverbs 24:7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Wisdom is too high for fools;

at the gate he will not open his mouth.

Proverbs 24:7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Wisdom is too high for anyone who is foolish.

He has nothing to say when people meet at the city gate to conduct business.


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