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A scorner seeks wisdom and does not find it,
    but knowledge is easy to him who understands.

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A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not;
But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

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

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10 A reproof enters deeper into a wise man
    than a hundred stripes into a fool.

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10 A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding
Than a hundred stripes into a fool.

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10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
    more than a hundred lashes a fool.

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24 Wisdom is before him who has understanding,
    but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

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24 Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding;
But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

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24 A discerning person keeps wisdom in view,
    but a fool’s eyes(A) wander to the ends of the earth.

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