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Proverbs 14:6

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6A scorner mseeketh wisdom, and findeth it not:

But mmknowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

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Footnotes

  1. mSo ch. 24:7.
  2. mmSo ch. 8:9. & 15:14. & 17:24.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain,

but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,

but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it,

but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.

NLTNew Living Translation

A mocker seeks wisdom and never finds it,

but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A scoffer seeks wisdom, but there is none,

but knowledge comes easily to him who understands.