Proverbs 9:4–6
Proverbs 9:4–6 — The New International Version (NIV)
4 “Let all who are simple come to my house!”
To those who have no sense she says,
5 “Come, eat my food
and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave your simple ways and you will live;
walk in the way of insight.”
Proverbs 9:4–6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:
As for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
5 Come, eat of my bread,
And drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6 Forsake the foolish, and live;
And go in the way of understanding.
Proverbs 9:4–6 — New Living Translation (NLT)
4 “Come in with me,” she urges the simple.
To those who lack good judgment, she says,
5 “Come, eat my food,
and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live;
learn to use good judgment.”
Proverbs 9:4–6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
5 “Come, eat of my bread
And drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 Forsake foolishness and live,
And go in the way of understanding.
Proverbs 9:4–6 — New Century Version (NCV)
4 She says to those who are uneducated,
“Come in here, you foolish people!
5 Come and eat my food
and drink the wine I have prepared.
6 Stop your foolish ways, and you will live;
take the road of understanding.
Proverbs 9:4–6 — American Standard Version (ASV)
4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:
As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
5 Come, eat ye of my bread,
And drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6 Leave off, ye simple ones, and live;
And walk in the way of understanding.
Proverbs 9:4–6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith, 5 Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled. 6 Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.
Proverbs 9:4–6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
4 “Whoever is gullible turn in here!”
She says to a person without sense,
5 “Come, eat my bread,
and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Stop being gullible and live.
Start traveling the road to understanding.”
Proverbs 9:4–6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
4 “Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!”
To the one who lacks sense, she says,
5 “Come, eat my bread,
and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave inexperience behind, and you will live;
pursue the way of understanding.
Proverbs 9:4–6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
4 “You that are simple, turn in here!”
To those without sense she says,
5 “Come, eat of my bread
and drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 Lay aside immaturity, and live,
and walk in the way of insight.”
Proverbs 9:4–6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn here.”
As for the one who lacks sense, she says to him,
5 “Come, eat with my bread;
drink with the wine I have mixed.
6 Lay aside simplicity and live;
walk in the way of understanding.”
Proverbs 9:4–6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
4 She says, “Let all who are childish come in here!”
She speaks to those who have no sense.
5 “Come and eat my food.
Drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave your childish ways and you will live.
Walk in the way that leads to understanding.
Proverbs 9:4–6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
4 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!”
To him who lacks understanding she says,
5 “Come, eat of my food
And drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 “Forsake your folly and live,
And proceed in the way of understanding.”