Proverbs 8:5
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Listen, you idiots—learn good sense!
You blockheads—shape up!
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
O simple ones, learn prudence;
O fools, learn sense.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
You who are simple, gain prudence;
you who are foolish, set your hearts on it.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced;
develop common sense, you who are foolish.
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NLTNew Living Translation
You simple people, use good judgment.
You foolish people, show some understanding.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Learn prudence, O simple ones;
fools, learn intelligence.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
O ye simple, understand wisdom:
And, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
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