Proverbs 15:14

American Standard Version (1901)

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

ASV Byzantine Text

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

Asang Khongca Bible

Khopoek thaih palung mah loe palunghahaih to pakrong; toe kamthu ih pakha loe amthuhaih to zok ah amthlam.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Aka yakming kah lungbuei long tah mingnah khaw mikhmuh khaw a tlap, tedae aka ang kah a ka loh anglat a luem puei.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Aka yakming kah lungbuei long tah mingnah khaw mikhmuh khaw a tlap, tedae aka ang kah a ka loh anglat a luem puei.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

O ka naau o ka mea naauao, imi oia i ka ike; O ka waha o ka poe naaupo, paina no ia i ka lapuwale.

English Berean Standard Bible

A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Yon moun ki gen konprann toujou ap chache gen konesans. Men, moun sòt pran plezi nan pale koze san sans.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Cor sapientis quærit doctrinam, et os stultorum pascitur imperitia.

Bible in Basic English

The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Le cœur de l’homme intelligent cherche la connaissance, mais la bouche des sots se repaît de folie.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Srdce rozumného hledá umění, ale ústa bláznů pasou se bláznovstvím.

Kosraean Bible

Mwet lalkung lungse na lutlut, a mwet sulalkung mansisna in nikin.

World Portuguese Bible

O coração de quem tem entendimento busca o conhecimento, mas a boca dos tolos se alimenta de estultícia.

Romanian BTF Bible

Inima celui ce are înțelegere caută cunoaștere, dar gura proștilor se hrănește din nechibzuință.

Brenton English Septuagint

An upright heart seeks discretion; but the mouth of the uninstructed will experience evils.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ဥာဏ်ကောင်းသောသူ၏ စိတ်နှလုံးသည် ပညာ အတတ်ကို ရှာတတ်၏။ မိုက်သောသူတို့၏ နှုတ်မူကား၊ မိုက်ခြင်းကို ကျက်စားတတ်၏။

Darby Translation

The heart of an intelligent [man] seeketh knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish feedeth on folly.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Des Verständigen Herz sucht Erkenntnis, aber der Mund der Toren weidet sich an Narrheit.

Dutch Bible 1917

Een verstandig hart zal de wetenschap opzoeken; maar de mond der zotten zal met dwaasheid gevoed worden.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Een verstandig hart streeft naar kennis, De mond der dommen vermeit zich in dwaasheid.

Italian Diodati Bible

Il cuor dell' uomo intendente cerca la scienza; Ma la bocca degli stolti si pasce di follia.

Douay-Rheims 1899

The heart of the wise seeketh instruction: and the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

Geneva Bible 1599

The heart of him that hath vnderstanding, seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of the foole is fedde with foolishnes.

Noyes Bible

The heart of the man of understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

Danish Bible 1931

Den forstandiges Hjerte søger Kundskab, Tåbers Mund lægger Vind på Dårskab.

Leeser Tanakh

The heart of the man of understanding seeketh knowledge; but the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

The heart of him that hath discernment seeketh knowledge; but the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

King James Version

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

King James Version + Apocrypha

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Lòng người thông sáng tìm kiếm sự tri thức; Còn lỗ miệng kẻ ngu muội nuôi lấy mình bằng sự điên cuồng.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: But the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

Revised West Version

‌ʻOku kumi ki he poto ʻe he loto ʻoʻona ʻoku faʻa ʻilo: ka ʻoku kai ʻae vale ʻe he ngutu ʻoe kakai vale.

French Ostervald Bible

Un cœur intelligent cherche la science; mais la bouche des fous se repaît de folie.

Esperanto Bible

La koro de saĝulo serĉas instruon; Sed la buŝo de malsaĝuloj nutras sin per malsaĝeco.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Un cœur intelligent cherche la science, Mais la bouche des insensés se plaît à la folie.

German Luther Bible 1912

Ein kluges Herz handelt bedächtig; aber der Narren Mund geht mit Torheit um.

LXX2012 U. S. English

An upright heart seeks discretion; but the mouth of the uninstructed will experience evils.

British English Septuagint 2012

An upright heart seeks discretion; but the mouth of the uninstructed will experience evils.

Majority Standard BIble

A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

Webster Bible

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

Revised Version

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Il cuor dell’uomo intelligente cerca la scienza, ma la bocca degli stolti si pasce di follia.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Le cœur de l'homme intelligent cherche la connaissance, mais la bouche des insensés se repaît de folie.

Reina Valera 1909

El corazón entendido busca la sabiduría: mas la boca de los necios pace necedad.

Spanish BLL

El corazón inteligente busca el saber, pero la boca de los necios se alimenta de puras tonterías.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

El corazón entendido busca la sabiduría, mas la boca de los necios se apacienta de necedad.

Croatian Bible

Razumno srce traži znanje, a bezumnička se usta bave ludošću.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Srce razumno traži znanje, a usta bezumnih ljudi naslađuju se bezumljem.

German Textbibel

Des Verständigen Herz sucht Erkenntnis, aber der Thoren Mund geht auf Narrheit aus.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

An upright heart seeks discretion; But the mouth of the uninstructed will experience evils.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

לֵ֣ב נָ֭בוֹן יְבַקֶּשׁ־דָּ֑עַת ופני כְ֝סִילִ֗ים יִרְעֶ֥ה אִוֶּֽלֶת׃

World English Bible

The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

World English Bible (Catholic)

The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

World English Bible British Edition

The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

World English Bible Classic

The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

World English Bible Updated

The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

World Messianic Bible

The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

Young's Literal Translation

The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly.

SEPTUAGINTA

καρδία ὀρθὴ ζητεῖ αἴσθησιν, στόμα δὲ ἀπαιδεύτων γνώσεται κακά.

Brenton Septuagint

Καρδία ὀρθὴ ζητεῖ αἴσθησιν, στόμα δὲ ἀπαιδεύτων γνώσεται κακά.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Инима челор причепуць каутэ штиинца, дар гура несокотицилор гэсеште плэчере ын небуние.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Розумне серце шукає знання, уста ж безумних дурницями живуть.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Розумне серце шукає знання, уста ж безумних дурницями живуть.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Срце разумно тражи знање, а уста безумних људи наслађују се безумљем.

Russian Synodal Bible

Сердце разумного ищет знания, уста же глупых питаются глупостью.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

לֵ֣ב נָ֭בֹון יְבַקֶּשׁ־דָּ֑עַת *וּפְנֵי (וּפִ֥י) כְ֝סִילִ֗ים יִרְעֶ֥ה אִוֶּֽלֶת׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

לב נבון יבקש דעת ופני כסילים ירעה אולת׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

قَلْبُ ٱلْفَهِيمِ يَطْلُبُ مَعْرِفَةً، وَفَمُ ٱلْجُهَّالِ يَرْعَى حَمَاقَةً.

Old Persion Version Bible

دل مرد فهیم معرفت را می‌طلبد، اما دهان احمقان حماقت را می‌چرد.

Judson Burmese Bible

ဉာဏ် ကောင်းသောသူ၏ စိတ် နှလုံးသည် ပညာ အတတ်ကို ရှာ တတ်၏။ မိုက် သောသူတို့၏ နှုတ် မူကား ၊ မိုက် ခြင်းကို ကျက်စား တတ်၏။

Korean Bible 1910

명철한 자의 마음은 지식을 요구하고 미련한 자의 입은 미련한 것을 즐기느니라

Japanese Freedom Bible

悟りのある者の心は知識を求めるが、 愚かな者の口は愚かさを食べる。

World Chinese Bible

聪明人的心寻求知识， 愚昧人的口却以愚妄为食。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

聪明人心求知识； 愚昧人口吃愚昧。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

聰明人心求知識； 愚昧人口吃愚昧。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

O coração prudente buscará o conhecimento, mas a boca dos tolos se alimentará de loucura.

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Mashi Bible

Omurhima gw’oburhimanya gukûnda ihano, akanwa k’abahwinja kohe isirhe likanunira.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Das Herz der Verständigen trachtet nach Erkenntnis; aber der Mund der Narren weidet sich an der Dummheit.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

El corazón del hombre de buen sentido va en busca del conocimiento, pero las tonterías son el alimento de los imprudentes.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

El corazón entendido busca el conocimiento, Pero la boca de los necios se apacienta de la insensatez.

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

The lev of him that hath understanding seeketh da'as, but the peh (mouth) of kesilim feedeth on folly.

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