A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

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The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
    but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.(A)

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A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it,
But (A)knowledge is easy to him who understands.

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14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

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14 The wise have eyes in their heads,
    while the fool walks in the darkness;
but I came to realize
    that the same fate overtakes them both.(A)

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14 (A)The wise man’s eyes are in his head,
But the fool walks in darkness.
Yet I myself perceived
That (B)the same event happens to them all.

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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.

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Who is like the wise?
    Who knows the explanation of things?
A person’s wisdom brightens their face
    and changes its hard appearance.

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Obey Authorities for God’s Sake

Who is like a wise man?
And who knows the interpretation of a thing?
(A)A man’s wisdom makes his face shine,
And (B)the [a]sternness of his face is changed.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:1 Lit. strength