Proverbs 17:7
Lexham English Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:7 Literally “A lip of fineness”
- Proverbs 17:7 Literally “only for”
- Proverbs 17:7 Literally “lip of deceit”
Proverbs 17:7
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:7 Lit A lip of abundance
Proverbs 17:10
Lexham English Bible
10 A rebuke strikes him who understands
deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.
Proverbs 17:10
New American Standard Bible
10 A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding
Than a hundred blows into a fool.
Proverbs 17:12
Lexham English Bible
12 May a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring
and not a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 17:12
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 17:16
Lexham English Bible
16 Why is this? A price in the hand of a fool,
in order to buy wisdom where[a] there is no sense.[b]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:16 Hebrew “and”
- Proverbs 17:16 Literally “heart”
Proverbs 17:16
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:16 Lit there is no heart
Proverbs 17:24-25
Lexham English Bible
24 He who understands sets his face toward wisdom,
but the eyes of a fool, to the end of the earth.[a]
25 A grief to his father is the child of a fool,
and bitterness to her who bore him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:24 Or “land”
Proverbs 17:24-25
New American Standard Bible
24 Wisdom is in the presence of one who has understanding,
But the (A)eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
25 A (B)foolish son is a grief to his father,
And (C)bitterness to her who gave birth to him.
Proverbs 17:28
Lexham English Bible
28 Even a fool who keeps silent shall be considered wise;[a]
he who closes his lips is intelligent.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:28 Literally “wise, he shall be considered”
Proverbs 17:28
New American Standard Bible
28 Even a fool, when he (A)keeps silent, is considered wise;
When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent.
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