Proverbs 10:23

American Standard Version (1901)

It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And so is wisdom to a man of understanding.

ASV Byzantine Text

It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And so is wisdom to a man of understanding.

Asang Khongca Bible

Kamthu loe kahoih ai hmuen nuiah anghoe, toe palungha kami loe panoekhaih tawnh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Aka ang ham tah nueihbu te khonuen rhamtat la a saii dae, cueihnah long tah hlang taengah lungcuei la om.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Aka ang ham tah nueihbu te khonuen rhamtat la a saii dae, cueihnah long tah hlang taengah lungcuei la om.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ua akaaka ka mea lapuwale, ke hana kolohe; O ke akamai, na ke kanaka ike no ia.

English Berean Standard Bible

The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Lè moun san konprann ap fè sa ki mal, se tankou yon jwèt pou yo. Men, yon moun lespri pran plezi l' nan chache gen bon konprann.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Quasi per risum stultus operatur scelus, sapientia autem est viro prudentia.

Bible in Basic English

It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

C’est comme une plaisanterie pour le sot que de commettre un crime, mais la sagesse est pour l’homme intelligent.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Za žert jest bláznu činiti nešlechetnost, ale muž rozumný moudrosti se drží.

Kosraean Bible

Ma lalfon se pa in oru ma koluk. Mwet oasr etauk yoro elos engankin lalmwetmet.

World Portuguese Bible

Para o tolo, praticar a maldade é um divertimento, mas a sabedoria é o prazer do homem de entendimento.

Romanian BTF Bible

Pentru un prost, a face ticăloșie este ca un joc, dar un om al înțelegerii are înțelepciune.

Brenton English Septuagint

A fool does mischief in sport; but wisdom brings forth prudence for a man.

Burmese Common Language Bible

မိုက်သောသူသည် အပြစ်ပြုရာ၌ ပျော်မွေ့ တတ်၏။ ဥာဏ်ကောင်းသောသူမူကား ဆင်ခြင်တတ်၏။

Darby Translation

It is as sport to a foolish [man] to do wickedness; but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Dem Toren ist es wie ein Spiel, Schandtat zu verüben, und Weisheit zu üben dem verständigen Manne.

Dutch Bible 1917

Het is voor den zot als spel schandelijkheid te doen; maar voor een man van verstand, wijsheid te plegen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Voor den dwaze is kwaaddoen een genot, Voor een man van inzicht het betrachten van wijsheid.

Italian Diodati Bible

Il commettere scelleratezza è allo stolto come uno scherzare ; Così è la sapienza all'uomo d'intendimento.

Douay-Rheims 1899

A fool worketh mischief as it were for sport: but wisdom is prudence to a man.

Geneva Bible 1599

It is as a pastime to a foole to doe wickedly: but wisedome is vnderstanding to a man.

Noyes Bible

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief; But a man of understanding hath wisdom.

Danish Bible 1931

For Tåben er Skændselsgerning en Leg, Visdom er Leg for Mand med Indsigt.

Leeser Tanakh

It is as sport to a fool to do wicked deeds; but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness, and so is wisdom to a man of discernment.

King James Version

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

King James Version + Apocrypha

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Kẻ thiếu trí hiểu coi sự làm ác như chơi; Nhưng người thông sáng thích sự khôn ngoan.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: But a man of understanding hath wisdom.

Revised West Version

‌ʻOku hangē ko e meʻa vaʻinga ki he vale ʻa ʻene fai kovi: ka ʻoku ʻi he tangata faʻa fakakaukau ʻae poto.

French Ostervald Bible

Faire le mal est la joie de l'insensé; la sagesse est celle de l'homme prudent.

Esperanto Bible

Por malsaĝulo estas ĝojo fari malbonon; Kaj saĝo, por saĝulo.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Commettre le crime paraît un jeu à l’insensé, Mais la sagesse appartient à l’homme intelligent.

German Luther Bible 1912

Ein Narr treibt Mutwillen und hat dazu noch seinen Spott; aber der Mann ist weise, der aufmerkt.

LXX2012 U. S. English

A fool does mischief in sport; but wisdom brings forth prudence for a man.

British English Septuagint 2012

A fool does mischief in sport; but wisdom brings forth prudence for a man.

Majority Standard BIble

The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

Webster Bible

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

Revised Version

It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness: and so is wisdom to a man of understanding.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Commettere un delitto, per lo stolto, è come uno spasso; tale è la sapienza per l’uomo accorto.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Commettre le mal est un jeu pour l'insensé, tandis que la sagesse est le plaisir de l'homme intelligent.

Reina Valera 1909

Hacer abominación es como risa al insensato: mas el hombre entendido sabe.

Spanish BLL

El necio se divierte haciendo el mal, pero el sabio disfruta de la inteligencia.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

El hacer maldad es como un juego para el insensato, mas la sabiduría es recreo para el hombre de entendimiento.

Croatian Bible

Bezumniku je radost učiniti sramotno djelo, a razumnu čovjeku biti mudar.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Bezumniku je šala činiti zlo, a razuman čovek drži se mudrosti.

German Textbibel

Als ein Vergnügen gilt dem Thoren das Verüben von Schandthat, dem einsichtigen Manne aber die Weisheit.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

A fool does mischief in sport; But wisdom brings forth prudence for a man.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

כִּשְׂח֣וֹק לִ֭כְסִיל עֲשׂ֣וֹת זִמָּ֑ה וְ֝חָכְמָ֗ה לְאִ֣ישׁ תְּבוּנָֽה׃

World English Bible

It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.

World English Bible (Catholic)

It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.

World English Bible British Edition

It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.

World English Bible Classic

It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.

World English Bible Updated

It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.

World Messianic Bible

It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.

Young's Literal Translation

To execute inventions [is] as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.

SEPTUAGINTA

ἐν γέλωτι ἄφρων πράσσει κακά, ἡ δὲ σοφία ἀνδρὶ τίκτει φρόνησιν.

Brenton Septuagint

Ἐν γέλωτι ἄφρων πράσσει κακὰ, ἡ δὲ σοφία ἀνδρὶ τίκτει φρόνησιν.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Пентру чел небун есте о плэчере сэ факэ рэул, дар пентру чел ынцелепт есте о плэчере сэ лукрезе ку причепере.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Чинити зло — безумному забава, розумний же її у мудростї знаходить.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Чинити зло — безумному забава, розумний же її у мудростї знаходить.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Безумнику је шала чинити зло, а разуман човек држи се мудрости.

Russian Synodal Bible

Для глупого преступное деяние как бы забава, а человеку разумному свойственна мудрость.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

כִּשְׂחֹ֣וק לִ֭כְסִיל עֲשֹׂ֣ות זִמָּ֑ה וְ֝חָכְמָ֗ה לְאִ֣ישׁ תְּבוּנָֽה׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

כשחוק לכסיל עשות זמה וחכמה לאיש תבונה׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

فِعْلُ ٱلرَّذِيلَةِ عِنْدَ ٱلْجَاهِلِ كَٱلضِّحْكِ، أَمَّا ٱلْحِكْمَةُ فَلِذِي فَهْمٍ.

Old Persion Version Bible

جاهل در عمل بد اهتزاز دارد، و صاحب فطانت در حکمت.

Judson Burmese Bible

မိုက် သောသူသည် အပြစ် ပြု ရာ၌ ပျော်မွေ့ တတ်၏။ ဉာဏ် ကောင်းသောသူ မူကား ဆင်ခြင် တတ်၏။

Korean Bible 1910

회리바람이 지나가면 악인은 없어져도 의인은 영원한 기초 같으니라

Japanese Freedom Bible

悪を行うことは愚かな者にとって遊びであり、 知恵は悟りのある者にとって喜びである。

World Chinese Bible

行恶是愚昧人的乐趣； 智慧却是有悟性之人的乐趣。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

愚妄人以行恶为戏耍； 明哲人却以智慧为乐。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

愚妄人以行惡為戲耍； 明哲人卻以智慧為樂。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Para o tolo, fazer o mal é uma diversão; mas para o homem bom entendedor, divertida é a sabedoria.

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Mashi Bible

Omusirhe asîma abulage omukò, omuntu wabona yêhe akûnda âgendekere oburhimanya.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Dem Dummen macht es Vergnügen, Schandtaten zu verüben, dem Weisen aber, etwas Gescheites zu tun.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Al necio le parece bien hacer el mal, pero el hombre de buen juicio se deleita con la sabiduría.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

La perversidad es como deporte para el necio. Así es la sabiduría para el hombre de entendimiento.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

It is as sport to a kesil to do zimmah (evil design), but an ish tevunah (man of understanding) hath chochmah.

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