A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

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Senseless people(A) do not know,
    fools do not understand,

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22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

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22 I was senseless(A) and ignorant;
    I was a brute beast(B) before you.

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Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

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Take notice, you senseless ones(A) among the people;
    you fools, when will you become wise?

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10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

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10 For all can see that the wise die,(A)
    that the foolish and the senseless(B) also perish,
    leaving their wealth(C) to others.(D)

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14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God(A) but considers them foolishness,(B) and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.

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14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

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14 Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
    every goldsmith is shamed(A) by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud;(B)
    they have no breath in them.

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22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

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22 “How long will you who are simple(A) love your simple ways?
    How long will mockers delight in mockery
    and fools hate(B) knowledge?

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20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

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20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool!(A) This very night your life will be demanded from you.(B) Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’(C)

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The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

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The ox knows(A) its master,
    the donkey its owner’s manger,(B)
but Israel does not know,(C)
    my people do not understand.(D)

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Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

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Surely I am only a brute, not a man;
    I do not have human understanding.

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Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

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Saying 23

Wisdom is too high for fools;
    in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.

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Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

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Do not be like the horse or the mule,
    which have no understanding
but must be controlled by bit and bridle(A)
    or they will not come to you.

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14 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

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Psalm 14(A)

For the director of music. Of David.

The fool[a] says in his heart,
    “There is no God.”(B)
They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
    there is no one who does good.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 14:1 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Psalms denote one who is morally deficient.