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.

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 w/ Strongs

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

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

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

Hawaiian Bible 1868

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

English Berean Standard Bible

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

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.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

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

Kosraean Bible

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

World Portuguese Bible

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

Romanian BTF Bible

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

Brenton English Septuagint

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

Burmese Common Language Bible

မထီမဲ့မြင်ပြုသောသူသည် ပညာကိုရှာ၍ မတွေ့ရာ။ ဥာဏ်ရှိသောသူမူကား၊ ပညာအတတ်ကို ရလွယ်၏။

Darby Translation

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

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

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

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.

Italian Diodati Bible

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

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.

Danish Bible 1931

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

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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

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.

French Ostervald Bible

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

Esperanto Bible

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

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.

German Luther Bible 1912

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

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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

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

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.

Croatian Bible

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

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

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

German Textbibel

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

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

Hebrew OT (WLC)

בִּקֶּשׁ־לֵ֣ץ חָכְמָ֣ה וָאָ֑יִן וְדַ֖עַת לְנָב֣וֹן נָקָֽל׃

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.

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.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

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

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.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

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

Russian Synodal Bible

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

Hebrew Masoretic OT

בִּקֶּשׁ־לֵ֣ץ חָכְמָ֣ה וָאָ֑יִן וְדַ֖עַת לְנָבֹ֣ון נָקָֽל׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

בקש לץ חכמה ואין ודעת לנבון נקל׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

اَلْمُسْتَهْزِئُ يَطْلُبُ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَلَا يَجِدُهَا، وَٱلْمَعْرِفَةُ هَيِّنَةٌ لِلْفَهِيمِ.

Old Persion Version Bible

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

Judson Burmese Bible

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

Korean Bible 1910

거만한 자는 지혜를 구하여도 얻지 못하거니와 명철한 자는 지식 얻기가 쉬우니라

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。

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。

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。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

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

CC BY 4.0

Mashi Bible

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

CC BY 4.0

German Schlachter Bible 1951

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

CC BY 4.0

La Biblia en Español Sencillo

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

CC BY 4.0

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.

CC BY 4.0

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.

CC BY 4.0