Proverbs 15:14
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15:14The discerning heart seeks knowledge,
but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.38
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- 38 The idea expressed in the second colon does not make a strong parallelism with the first with its emphasis on seeking knowledge. Its poetic image of feeding (a hypocatastasis) would signify the acquisition of folly—the fool has an appetite for it. D. W. Thomas suggests the change of one letter, ר (resh) to ד (dalet), to obtain a reading יִדְעֶה (yid’eh); this he then connects to an Arabic root da`a with the meaning “sought, demanded” to form what he thinks is a better parallel (“Textual and Philological Notes on Some Passages in the Book of Proverbs,” 3 [1955]: 285). But even though the parallelism is not as precise as some would prefer, there is insufficient warrant for such a change.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge,
but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
The discerning heart seeks knowledge,
but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
A discerning mind seeks knowledge,
but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
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NLTNew Living Translation
A wise person is hungry for knowledge,
while the fool feeds on trash.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
The heart of him who understands will seek knowledge,
but the faces of fools, they will feed on folly.
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KJV 1900King James Version
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge:
But the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
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