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.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

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.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

Darby Translation ☆

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

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.

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

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.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

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.

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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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

قَلْبُ ٱلْفَهِيمِ يَطْلُبُ مَعْرِفَةً، وَفَمُ ٱلْجُهَّالِ يَرْعَى حَمَاقَةً.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

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

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

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

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 2019 ☆

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 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.

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。

World Chinese Bible ☆

聪明人的心寻求知识， 愚昧人的口却以愚妄为食。

Croatian Bible ☆

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

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

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

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

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

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.

Esperanto Bible ☆

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

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

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

French Ostervald Bible ☆

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

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

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

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.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

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

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

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

German Textbibel ☆

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

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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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καρδία ὀρθὴ ζητεῖ αἴσθησιν, στόμα δὲ ἀπαιδεύτων γνώσεται κακά.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Καρδία ὀρθὴ ζητεῖ αἴσθησιν, στόμα δὲ ἀπαιδεύτων γνώσεται κακά.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

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

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.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

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

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

לב נבון יבקש דעת ופני כסילים ירעה אולת׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

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

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

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

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。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

명철한 자의 마음은 지식을 요구하고 미련한 자의 입은 미련한 것을 즐기느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

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

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Cor sapientis quærit doctrinam, et os stultorum pascitur imperitia.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

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

World Portuguese Bible ☆

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

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

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

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

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

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

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

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Сердце разумного ищет знания, уста же глупых питаются глупостью.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

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

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

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

Mashi Bible ☆

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

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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.

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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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.

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.

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.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

לֵ֣ב נָ֭בוֹן יְבַקֶּשׁ־דָּ֑עַת ופני כְ֝סִילִ֗ים יִרְעֶ֥ה אִוֶּֽלֶת׃