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Ecclesiastes 8:1
8 Who is like a wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing?
aA man’s wisdom makes his face shine,
Ecclesiastes 8:1 — The New International Version (NIV)
1 Who is like the wise?
Who knows the explanation of things?
A person’s wisdom brightens their face
and changes its hard appearance.
Ecclesiastes 8:1 — English Standard Version (ESV)
1 Who is like the wise?
And who knows the interpretation of a thing?
A man’s wisdom makes his face shine,
and the hardness of his face is changed.
Ecclesiastes 8:1 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
Ecclesiastes 8:1 — New Living Translation (NLT)
1 How wonderful to be wise,
to analyze and interpret things.
Wisdom lights up a person’s face,
softening its harshness.
Ecclesiastes 8:1 — New Century Version (NCV)
1 No one is like the wise person
who can understand what things mean.
Wisdom brings happiness;
it makes sad faces happy.
Ecclesiastes 8:1 — American Standard Version (ASV)
1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
Ecclesiastes 8:1 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
1 Who is as the wise? and who knoweth the explanation of things? A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face is changed.
Ecclesiastes 8:1 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
1 Who is really wise? Who knows how to explain things? Wisdom makes one’s face shine, and it changes one’s grim look.
Ecclesiastes 8:1 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
1 Who is like the wise person, and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.
Ecclesiastes 8:1 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
1 Who is like the wise man?
And who knows the interpretation of a thing?
Wisdom makes one’s face shine,
and the hardness of one’s countenance is changed.
Ecclesiastes 8:1 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
1 Who is like the sage?
Who knows the interpretation of a thing?
A man’s wisdom makes his face shine,
and the hardness of his face is changed.
Ecclesiastes 8:1 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
1 Who is like a wise man?
Who knows how to explain things?
Wisdom makes a man’s face bright.
It softens the look on his face.
Ecclesiastes 8:1 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
1 Who is like the wise man and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom illumines him and causes his stern face to beam.
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