American Standard Version (1901)
The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.
Proverbs 15:2
84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament
ASV Byzantine Text
The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.
Asang Khongca Bible
Palungha kami loe palai to katoeng ah patoh; toe kamthu ih pakha mah loe amthuhaih to tacawtsak.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs
Aka cueih kah a ol loh mingnah te a hloeihhlam tih, aka ang rhoek a ka loh a anglat te a thaa.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019
Aka cueih kah a ol loh mingnah te a hloeihhlam tih, aka ang rhoek a ka loh a anglat te a thaa.
Hawaiian Bible 1868
O ke elelo o ka poe akamai, hoike pololei aku ia i ka ike; O ka waha hoi o ka poe lapuwale, hu ae la ia i ka lapuwale.
English Berean Standard Bible
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
Haitian Creole Bible 1985
Pawòl ki soti nan bouch moun ki gen bon konprann fè ou anvi konnen tou. Men, pawòl ki soti nan bouch moun san konprann, se pawòl san sans.
Clementine Vulgate 1598
Lingua sapientium ornat scientiam; os fatuorum ebullit stultitiam.
Bible in Basic English
Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.
French: Bible J.N. Darby
La langue des sages fait valoir la connaissance, mais la bouche des sots fait jaillir la folie.
Czech Kralická Bible 1613
Jazyk moudrých ozdobuje umění, ale ústa bláznů vylévají bláznovství.
Kosraean Bible
Ke mwet lalmwetmet elos kaskas, mwet uh mwel etauk. A mwet lalfon elos filakunla kas lusrongten.
World Portuguese Bible
A língua dos sábios adorna o conhecimento, mas a boca dos tolos derrama a estultícia.
Romanian BTF Bible
Limba înțelepților folosește corect cunoașterea, dar gura proștilor revarsă nechibzuință.
Brenton English Septuagint
The tongue of the wise knows what is good: but the mouth of the foolish tells out evil things.
Burmese Common Language Bible
ပညာရှိသော သူ၏လျှာသည် ပညာအတတ်ကို တင့်တယ်စေတတ်၏။ မိုက်သောသူတို့၏ နှုတ်မူကား၊ မိုက်သောအရာကို သွန်းလောင်းတတ်၏။
Darby Translation
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright; but the mouth of the foolish poureth out folly.
German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible
Die Zunge der Weisen spricht tüchtiges Wissen aus, aber der Mund der Toren sprudelt Narrheit.
Dutch Bible 1917
De tong der wijzen maakt de wetenschap goed; maar de mond der zotten stort overvloediglijk dwaasheid uit.
Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius
De tong der wijzen druipt van wijsheid, De mond der dommen stort dwaasheid uit.
Italian Diodati Bible
La scienza adorna la lingua de' savi; Ma la bocca degli stolti sgorga follia.
Douay-Rheims 1899
The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly.
Geneva Bible 1599
The tongue of the wise vseth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fooles babbleth out foolishnesse.
Noyes Bible
The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge pleasing; But the mouth of fools poureth forth folly.
Danish Bible 1931
Vises Tunge drypper af Kundskab, Dårskab strømmer fra Tåbers Mund.
Leeser Tanakh
The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge acceptable; but the mouth of fools sputtereth out folly.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright; but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
King James Version
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
King James Version + Apocrypha
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Vietnamese Bible 1923
Lưỡi người khôn ngoan truyền ra sự tri thức cách phải; Nhưng miệng kẻ ngu muội chỉ buông điều điên cuồng.
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: But the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Revised West Version
ʻOku ngāue totonu ʻaki ʻae ʻilo ʻe he ʻelelo ʻoe poto: ka ʻoku malingi ʻae vale mei he ngutu ʻoe vale.
French Ostervald Bible
La langue des sages embellit la science; mais la bouche des insensés ne prononce que folie.
Esperanto Bible
La lango de saĝuloj bonigas la instruon; Sed la buŝo de malsaĝuloj elparolas sensencaĵon.
French Louis Segond 1910 Bible
La langue des sages rend la science aimable, Et la bouche des insensés répand la folie.
German Luther Bible 1912
Der Weisen Zunge macht die Lehre lieblich; der Narren Mund speit eitel Narrheit.
LXX2012 U. S. English
The tongue of the wise knows what is good: but the mouth of the foolish tells out evil things.
British English Septuagint 2012
The tongue of the wise knows what is good: but the mouth of the foolish tells out evil things.
Majority Standard BIble
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
Webster Bible
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Revised Version
The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out folly.
Italian Riveduta Bible
La lingua dei savi è ricca di scienza, ma la bocca degli stolti sgorga follia.
French Free Holy Bible for the World
La langue des sages fait valoir la connaissance, mais la bouche des insensés répand la folie.
Reina Valera 1909
La lengua de los sabios adornará la sabiduría: mas la boca de los necios hablará sandeces.
Spanish BLL
La lengua de los sabios hace atractivo el conocimiento, pero la boca de los necios solo escupe tonterías.
Spanish Free Bible for the World
La lengua de los sabios adornará la sabiduría, mas la boca de los necios derramará necedad.
Croatian Bible
Jezik mudrih ljudi proslavlja znanje, a usta bezumnih prosipaju ludost.
Serbian DK Bible (Latin)
Jezik mudrih ljudi ukrašava znanje, a usta bezumnih prosipaju bezumlje.
German Textbibel
Der Weisen Zunge träufelt Erkenntnis, aber der Thoren Mund sprudelt Narrheit aus.
Updated Brenton English Septuagint
The tongue of the wise knows what is good: But the mouth of the foolish tells out evil things.
Hebrew OT (WLC)
לְשׁ֣וֹן חֲ֭כָמִים תֵּיטִ֣יב דָּ֑עַת וּפִ֥י כְ֝סִילִ֗ים יַבִּ֥יעַ אִוֶּֽלֶת׃
World English Bible
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.
World English Bible (Catholic)
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.
World English Bible British Edition
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.
World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.
World English Bible Classic
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.
World English Bible Updated
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.
World Messianic Bible
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.
World Messianic Bible British Edition
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.
Young's Literal Translation
The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.
SEPTUAGINTA
γλῶσσα σοφῶν καλὰ ἐπίσταται, στόμα δὲ ἀφρόνων ἀναγγέλλει κακά.
Brenton Septuagint
Γλῶσσα σοφῶν καλὰ ἐπίσταται, στόμα δὲ ἀφρόνων ἀναγγέλλει κακά.
Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)
Лимба ынцелепцилор дэ штиинцэ плэкутэ, дар гура несокотицилор ымпроашкэ небуние.
Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish
Язик мудрих подає добрі відомостї, а уста безумних мелють лиш дурницї.
Ukrainian Freedom Bible
Язик мудрих подає добрі відомостї, а уста безумних мелють лиш дурницї.
Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)
Језик мудрих људи украшава знање, а уста безумних просипају безумље.
Russian Synodal Bible
Язык мудрых сообщает добрые знания, а уста глупых изрыгают глупость.
Hebrew Masoretic OT
לְשֹׁ֣ון חֲ֭כָמִים תֵּיטִ֣יב דָּ֑עַת וּפִ֥י כְ֝סִילִ֗ים יַבִּ֥יעַ אִוֶּֽלֶת׃
Modern Hebrew Bible
לשון חכמים תיטיב דעת ופי כסילים יביע אולת׃
Arabic Van Dyck Bible
لِسَانُ ٱلْحُكَمَاءِ يُحَسِّنُ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةَ، وَفَمُ ٱلْجُهَّالِ يُنْبِعُ حَمَاقَةً.
Old Persion Version Bible
زبان حکیمان علم را زینت میبخشد، امادهان احمقان به حماقت تنطق مینماید.
Judson Burmese Bible
ပညာရှိ သောသူ ၏လျှာ သည်ပညာ အတတ်ကို တင့်တယ် စေတတ်၏။ မိုက် သောသူတို့၏ နှုတ် မူကား ၊ မိုက် သောအရာကို သွန်းလောင်း တတ်၏။
Korean Bible 1910
지혜 있는 자의 혀는 지식을 선히 베풀고 미련한 자의 입은 미련한 것을 쏟느니라
Japanese Freedom Bible
知恵のある者の舌は知識を適切に語るが、 愚かな者の口は愚かさをあふれ出させる。
World Chinese Bible
智慧人的舌头善于表达知识， 愚昧人的口却涌出愚妄。
Chinese Union Version (simplified)
智慧人的舌善发知识； 愚昧人的口吐出愚昧。
Chinese Union Version (traditional)
智慧人的舌善發知識； 愚昧人的口吐出愚昧。
Portuguese Bíblia Livre
A língua dos sábios faz bom uso da sabedoria, mas a boca dos tolos derrama loucura.
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Mashi Bible
Akanwa k’abarhimanya bishingânîne kaderha, ci akanwa k’ebingolo-ngolo bya bunganyi kaderha.
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German Schlachter Bible 1951
Die Zunge der Weisen gibt gute Lehren; aber der Toren Mund schwatzt viel dummes Zeug.
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La Biblia en Español Sencillo
El conocimiento fluye de la lengua del sabio; pero de la boca del insensato viene una corriente de palabras necias.
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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)
La lengua de los sabios hace aceptable el conocimiento, La boca de los necios expresa insensatez.
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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible
The lashon of chachamim useth da'as aright, but the peh (mouth) of kesilim (fools) poureth out folly.
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