Proverbs 15:21

American Standard Version (1901)

Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.

ASV Byzantine Text

Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.

Asang Khongca Bible

Kamthu loe poekhaih tawn ai kami to kawnh haih; toe palungha kami loe katoengah lamcaeh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Lungbuei aka talh ham tah a anglat te a kohoenah tih, hlang lungcuei tah a caeh dueng.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Lungbuei aka talh ham tah a anglat te a kohoenah tih, hlang lungcuei tah a caeh dueng.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

O ka hana lapuwale, he olioli ia i ka naaupo; O ke kanaka naauao hoi, oia ka i hele pololei.

English Berean Standard Bible

Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Moun ki san konprann kontan lè y'ap aji tankou moun fou. Men, moun ki gen konprann ap toujou fè sa ki dwat.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Stultitia gaudium stulto, et vir prudens dirigit gressus suos.

Bible in Basic English

Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

La folie est la joie de celui qui est dépourvu de sens, mais l’homme intelligent règle ses pas.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Bláznovství jest veselím bláznu, ale člověk rozumný upřímo kráčeti směřuje.

Kosraean Bible

Mwet lalfon elos engankin orekma lalfon lalos, a mwet lalmwetmet elos ac oru ma suwohs.

World Portuguese Bible

A estultícia é alegria para o que é falto de entendimento, mas o homem de entendimento anda retamente.

Romanian BTF Bible

Nechibzuința este bucurie pentru cel lipsit de înțelepciune, dar un om al înțelegerii umblă cu integritate.

Brenton English Septuagint

The ways of a foolish man are void of sense; but a wise man proceeds on his way aright.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ဥာဏ်မရှိသောသူသည် မိုက်ခြင်း၌ ပျော်မွေ့ တတ်၏။ ဥာဏ်ရှိသော သူမူကား၊ ဖြောင့်မတ်သော အကျင့် ကို ကျင့်တတ်၏။

Darby Translation

Folly is joy to him that is void of sense; but a man of understanding regulateth his walk.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Die Narrheit ist dem Unverständigen Freude, aber ein verständiger Mann wandelt geradeaus.

Dutch Bible 1917

De dwaasheid is den verstandeloze blijdschap; maar een man van verstand zal recht wandelen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

In dwaasheid vindt een onverstandig mens zijn genoegen, Een man van inzicht houdt de rechte weg.

Italian Diodati Bible

La follia è allegrezza al l'uomo scemo di senno ; Ma l'uomo intendente cammina dirittamente .

Douay-Rheims 1899

Folly is joy to the fool: and the wise man maketh straight his steps.

Geneva Bible 1599

Foolishnes is ioy to him that is destitute of vnderstanding: but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly.

Noyes Bible

Folly is joy to him who lacketh wisdom; But the man of understanding walketh uprightly.

Danish Bible 1931

Dårskab er Glæde for Mand uden Vid, Mand med Indsigt går lige frem.

Leeser Tanakh

Folly is joy to him that is void of sense; but a man of understanding walketh straight forward.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Folly is joy to him that lacketh understanding; but a man of discernment walketh straightforwards.

King James Version

Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Kẻ thiếu trí hiểu lấy sự điên dại làm vui; Song người khôn sáng sửa đường mình ngay thẳng rồi đi.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: But a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

Revised West Version

Ko e vale ko e fakafiefia ia kiate ia ʻoku taʻemaʻu ʻae poto: ka ʻoku ʻeveʻeva ʻi he angatonu ʻae tangata ʻoku faʻa ʻilo.

French Ostervald Bible

La folie est la joie de celui qui est dépourvu de sens; mais l'homme prudent suit le droit chemin.

Esperanto Bible

Malsaĝeco estas ĝojo por malsaĝulo; Sed homo prudenta iras ĝustan vojon.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

La folie est une joie pour celui qui est dépourvu de sens, Mais un homme intelligent va le droit chemin.

German Luther Bible 1912

Dem Toren ist die Torheit eine Freude; aber ein verständiger Mann bleibt auf dem rechten Wege.

LXX2012 U. S. English

The ways of a foolish man are void of sense; but a wise man proceeds on his way aright.

British English Septuagint 2012

The ways of a foolish man are void of sense; but a wise man proceeds on his way aright.

Majority Standard BIble

Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.

Webster Bible

Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

Revised Version

Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom: but a man of understanding maketh straight his going.

Italian Riveduta Bible

La follia è una gioia per chi è privo di senno, ma l’uomo prudente cammina retto per la sua via.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

La folie est une joie pour celui qui est dépourvu de sens, mais un homme intelligent marche droit.

Reina Valera 1909

La necedad es alegría al falto de entendimiento: mas el hombre entendido enderezará su proceder.

Spanish BLL

Al que no tiene juicio le divierten las tonterías, pero el que es inteligente camina por el sendero recto.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

La necedad es alegría al falto de entendimiento, mas el hombre entendido endereza sus pasos.

Croatian Bible

Ludost je veselje nerazumnomu, a razuman čovjek pravo hodi.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Bezumlje je radost bezumniku, a razuman čovek hodi pravo.

German Textbibel

Die Narrheit ist dem Unverständigen eine Freude, aber ein Mann von Einsicht geht den geraden Weg.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

The ways of a foolish man are void of sense; But a wise man proceeds on his way aright.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

אִ֭וֶּלֶת שִׂמְחָ֣ה לַחֲסַר־לֵ֑ב וְאִ֥ישׁ תְּ֝בוּנָ֗ה יְיַשֶׁר־לָֽכֶת׃

World English Bible

Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

World English Bible (Catholic)

Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

World English Bible British Edition

Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

World English Bible Classic

Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

World English Bible Updated

Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

World Messianic Bible

Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

Young's Literal Translation

Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth [his] going.

SEPTUAGINTA

ἀνοήτου τρίβοι ἐνδεεῖς φρενῶν, ἀνὴρ δὲ φρόνιμος κατευθύνων πορεύεται.

Brenton Septuagint

Ἀνοήτου τρίβοι ἐνδεεῖς φρενῶν, ἀνὴρ δὲ φρόνιμος κατευθύνων πορεύεται.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Небуния есте о букурие пентру чел фэрэ минте, дар ун ом причепут мерӂе пе друмул чел дрепт.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Дурницї — радощі безумному, а чоловік розумний ступає правою дорогою.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Дурницї — радощі безумному, а чоловік розумний ступає правою дорогою.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Безумље је радост безумнику, а разуман човек ходи право.

Russian Synodal Bible

Глупость - радость для малоумного, а человек разумный идет прямою дорогою.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

אִ֭וֶּלֶת שִׂמְחָ֣ה לַחֲסַר־לֵ֑ב וְאִ֥ישׁ תְּ֝בוּנָ֗ה יְיַשֶּׁר־לָֽכֶת׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

אולת שמחה לחסר לב ואיש תבונה יישר לכת׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

ٱلْحَمَاقَةُ فَرَحٌ لِنَاقِصِ ٱلْفَهْمِ، أَمَّا ذُو ٱلْفَهْمِ فَيُقَوِّمُ سُلُوكَهُ.

Old Persion Version Bible

حماقت در نظر شخص ناقص العقل خوشی است، اما مرد فهیم به راستی سلوک می‌نماید.

Judson Burmese Bible

ဉာဏ် မ ရှိသောသူသည် မိုက် ခြင်း၌ ပျော်မွေ့ တတ်၏။ ဉာဏ် ရှိသောသူ မူကား ၊ ဖြောင့်မတ် သောအကျင့် ကို ကျင့် တတ်၏။

Korean Bible 1910

무지한 자는 미련한 것을 즐겨하여도 명철한 자는 그 길을 바르게 하느니라

Japanese Freedom Bible

愚かさは知恵のない者の喜びだが、 悟りのある人はまっすぐに歩む。

World Chinese Bible

愚妄使无智慧的人喜乐， 聪明人却使自己的道路正直。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

无知的人以愚妄为乐； 聪明的人按正直而行。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

無知的人以愚妄為樂； 聰明的人按正直而行。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

A loucura é alegria para aquele que tem falta de prudência; mas o homem de bom entendimento andará corretamente.

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Mashi Bible

Isirhe, lyo omuhwinja asîma, oku omwenge ashûrha enjira yâge.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Torheit ist dem Unvernünftigen eine Wonne; ein verständiger Mann aber wandelt geradeaus.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

El comportamiento necio es alegría para los imprudentes; pero un hombre de buen sentido endereza camino.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

La necedad divierte al falto de entendimiento, Pero el hombre prudente endereza su andar.

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

Folly is simchah to him that is destitute of lev, but an ish tevunah walketh uprightly.

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