Proverbs 17:16

Lexham English Bible

¹⁶Why is this? A price in the hand of a fool,
in order to buy wisdom where^[a] there is no sense.^[b]

Proverbs 17:16

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁶Why does a fool have money in his hand
with no intention of buying wisdom?^(A)

²⁴He who understands sets his face toward wisdom,
but the eyes of a fool, to the end of the earth.^[a]

²⁴Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,
but a fool’s eyes^(A) roam to the ends of the earth.

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