Proverbs 14:6

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

Bible in Basic English ☆

The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Thou shalt seek wisdom with bad men, and shalt not find it; but discretion is easily available with the prudent.

Darby Translation ☆

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and there is none [for him]; but knowledge is easy unto the intelligent.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: the learning of the wise is easy.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.

Noyes Bible ☆

The scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy to the man of understanding.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and there is none; but knowledge is easy to the man of understanding.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; but knowledge is easy unto him that hath discernment.

King James Version ☆

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: But knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

You shall seek wisdom with bad men, and shall not find it; but discretion is easily available with the prudent.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

You shall seek wisdom with bad men, and shall not find it; but discretion is easily available with the prudent.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

Webster Bible ☆

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understandeth.

Revised Version ☆

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Thou shalt seek wisdom with bad men, and shalt not find it; But discretion is easily available with the prudent.

World English Bible ☆

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

World English Bible Classic ☆

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

World English Bible Updated ☆

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

World Messianic Bible ☆

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent [is] easy.

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

A scoffer seeketh chochmah, and findeth it not, but da'as cometh easily unto him that is discerning.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

اَلْمُسْتَهْزِئُ يَطْلُبُ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَلَا يَجِدُهَا، وَٱلْمَعْرِفَةُ هَيِّنَةٌ لِلْفَهِيمِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

မထီမဲ့မြင်ပြုသောသူသည် ပညာကိုရှာ၍ မတွေ့ရာ။ ဥာဏ်ရှိသောသူမူကား၊ ပညာအတတ်ကို ရလွယ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

မထီမဲ့မြင် ပြုသောသူသည် ပညာ ကိုရှာ ၍ မ တွေ့ရာ။ ဉာဏ် ရှိသောသူမူကား ၊ ပညာ အတတ်ကို ရ လွယ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Minawk hnaphnae kami loe palunghahaih to pakrong, toe hnu ai; toe panoekhaih tawn kami hanah loe palungha zoidaek.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Hmuiyoi loh cueihnah a tlap dae a hong ni, mingnah he aka yakming ham tah yoeikoek mai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Hmuiyoi loh cueihnah a tlap dae a hong ni, mingnah he aka yakming ham tah yoeikoek mai.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

亵慢人寻智慧，却寻不着； 聪明人易得知识。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

褻慢人尋智慧，卻尋不着； 聰明人易得知識。

World Chinese Bible ☆

嘲讽者寻求智慧，却寻不见； 有分辨力的人容易得知识。

Croatian Bible ☆

Podsmjevač traži mudrost i ne nalazi je, a razumni lako dolazi do znanja.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Hledá posměvač moudrosti, a nenalézá, rozumnému pak umění snadné jest.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Spotter søger Visdom, men finder den ikke, til Kundskab kommer forstandig let.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

De spotter zoekt wijsheid, en er is gene; maar de wetenschap is voor den verstandige licht.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

De spotter zoekt wijsheid, maar tevergeefs; Voor een wijze is de kennis gemakkelijk te vinden.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Mokanto serĉas saĝecon kaj ĝin ne trovas; Sed por saĝulo la sciado estas facila.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Le moqueur cherche la sagesse, et il n’y en a pas [pour lui] ; mais la connaissance est aisée pour l’homme intelligent.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Le moqueur cherche la sagesse et ne la trouve point; mais la science est aisée à trouver pour un homme entendu.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Le moqueur cherche la sagesse et ne la trouve pas, Mais pour l’homme intelligent la science est chose facile.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Le moqueur cherche la sagesse et ne la trouve pas, mais la connaissance vient facilement à l'homme intelligent.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Der Spötter sucht Weisheit, und sie ist nicht da; aber für den Verständigen ist Erkenntnis leicht.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Der Spötter sucht Weisheit, und findet sie nicht; aber dem Verständigen ist die Erkenntnis leicht.

German Textbibel ☆

Der Spötter sucht Weisheit, jedoch vergeblich; für den Verständigen aber ist Erkenntnis etwas Leichtes.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Sucht ein Spötter Weisheit, so findet er keine; der Verständige aber begreift leicht.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ζητήσεις σοφίαν παρὰ κακοῖς καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσεις, αἴσθησις δὲ παρὰ φρονίμοις εὐχερής.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ζητήσεις σοφίαν παρὰ κακοῖς καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσεις, αἴσθησις δὲ παρὰ φρονίμοις εὐχερής.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Moun ki gen lògèy plen kè yo, yo mèt chache konesans, yo p'ap janm jwenn li. Men, pou moun ki gen lespri, se bagay fasil.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Imi ae la ka mea hoowahawaha i ke akamai, aole loaa; He hikiwawe no ka ike i ka mea naauao.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

בִּקֶּשׁ־לֵ֣ץ חָכְמָ֣ה וָאָ֑יִן וְדַ֖עַת לְנָבֹ֣ון נָקָֽל׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

בקש לץ חכמה ואין ודעת לנבון נקל׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Lo schernitore cerca la sapienza, e non la trova punto ; Ma la scienza agevolmente si acquista dall' uomo intendente.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Il beffardo cerca la sapienza e non la trova, ma per l’uomo intelligente la scienza è cosa facile.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

あざける者は知恵を求めても見いだせないが、 悟りのある者には知識が容易に得られる。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

거만한 자는 지혜를 구하여도 얻지 못하거니와 명철한 자는 지식 얻기가 쉬우니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Sie mwet inse fulat el tia ku in sun lalmwetmet, a mwet oasr etauk la, fisrasr elos in eis mwe lutlut.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Quærit derisor sapientiam, et non invenit; doctrina prudentium facilis.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

استهزاکننده حکمت را می‌طلبد و نمی یابد. اما به جهت مرد فهیم علم آسان است.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

O zombador busca sabedoria e não a encontra, mas para o homem de entendimento o conhecimento é fácil.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

O zombador busca sabedoria, mas não acha nenhuma; mas o conhecimento é fácil para o prudente.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Un batjocoritor caută înțelepciunea și nu o găsește, dar cunoașterea este ușoară pentru cel ce înțelege.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Батжокориторул каутэ ынцелепчуня ши н-о гэсеште, дар пентру омул причепут штиинца есте лукру ушор.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Распутный ищет мудрости, и не находит; а для разумного знание легко.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Podsmevač traži mudrost, i ne nahodi je; a razumnom je znanje lako naći.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Подсмевач тражи мудрост, и не находи је; а разумном је знање лако наћи.

Mashi Bible ☆

Omugambanyi anacihambe mpu ashìmba oburhimanya, okuyigîrira kw’omurhimanya kurhabâ kuzibu.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Busca el escarnecedor la sabiduría, y no la halla: mas la sabiduría al hombre entendido es fácil.

Spanish BLL ☆

El burlón busca sabiduría y no la halla, pero el conocimiento es fácil para el que tiene entendimiento.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Busca el escarnecedor la sabiduría y no la halla, mas para el hombre entendido el conocimiento es fácil.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

El que odia a la autoridad, buscando sabiduría, no la entiende; pero el conocimiento llega fácilmente al hombre inteligente.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

El burlador busca la sabiduría y no la halla, Pero el conocimiento es fácil para el que tiene entendimiento.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku kumi ʻae poto ʻe he manuki, ka ʻoku ʻikai te ne ʻilo ia: ka ʻoku maʻungofua ʻae poto kiate ia ʻoku fakakaukau.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Шукає мудростї безпутний та й не знаходить, а мудрому знаннє легке.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Шукає мудростї безпутний та й не знаходить, а мудрому знаннє легке.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Kẻ nhạo báng tìm khôn ngoan, mà không gặp; Song sự tri thức lấy làm dễ cho người thông sáng.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

בִּקֶּשׁ־לֵ֣ץ חָכְמָ֣ה וָאָ֑יִן וְדַ֖עַת לְנָב֣וֹן נָקָֽל׃