Font Size
Proverbs 28:26
New English Translation
Proverbs 28:26
New English Translation
26 The one who trusts in his own heart[a] is a fool,
but the one who walks in wisdom[b] will escape.[c]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:26 sn The idea of “trusting in one’s own heart” is a way of describing one who is self-reliant. C. H. Toy says it means to follow the untrained suggestions of the mind or to rely on one’s own mental resources (Proverbs [ICC], 505). It is arrogant to take no counsel but to rely only on one’s own intelligence.
- Proverbs 28:26 sn The idiom of “walking in wisdom” means to live life according to the acquired skill and knowledge passed on from the sages. It is the wisdom from above that the book of Proverbs presents, not the undisciplined and uninformed wit and wisdom from below.
- Proverbs 28:26 tn The verb form יִמָּלֵט (yimmalet) is the Niphal imperfect; the form means “to escape.” In this context one would conclude that it means “to escape from trouble,” because the one who lives in this life by wisdom will escape trouble, and the one who trusts in himself will not.
Proverbs 28:26
American Standard Version
Proverbs 28:26
American Standard Version
26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool;
But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
Proverbs 28:26
New International Version
Proverbs 28:26
New International Version
New English Translation (NET)
NET Bible® copyright ©1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com All rights reserved.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Public Domain (Why are modern Bible translations copyrighted?)
New International Version (NIV)
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.