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.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

Bible in Basic English ☆

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

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

Darby Translation ☆

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

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.

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

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.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

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.

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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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

ٱلْحَمَاقَةُ فَرَحٌ لِنَاقِصِ ٱلْفَهْمِ، أَمَّا ذُو ٱلْفَهْمِ فَيُقَوِّمُ سُلُوكَهُ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

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

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

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

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

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

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

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

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

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

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。

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。

Croatian Bible ☆

Ludost je veselje nerazumnomu, a razuman čovjek pravo hodi.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

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

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

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

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.

Esperanto Bible ☆

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

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

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

French Ostervald Bible ☆

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

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.

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.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

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

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

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

German Textbibel ☆

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

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

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

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἀνοήτου τρίβοι ἐνδεεῖς φρενῶν, ἀνὴρ δὲ φρόνιμος κατευθύνων πορεύεται.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἀνοήτου τρίβοι ἐνδεεῖς φρενῶν, ἀνὴρ δὲ φρόνιμος κατευθύνων πορεύεται.

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.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

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

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

אִ֭וֶּלֶת שִׂמְחָ֣ה לַחֲסַר־לֵ֑ב וְאִ֥ישׁ תְּ֝בוּנָ֗ה יְיַשֶּׁר־לָֽכֶת׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

אולת שמחה לחסר לב ואיש תבונה יישר לכת׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

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

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

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

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。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

무지한 자는 미련한 것을 즐겨하여도 명철한 자는 그 길을 바르게 하느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

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

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Stultitia gaudium stulto, et vir prudens dirigit gressus suos.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

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

World Portuguese Bible ☆

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

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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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

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

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

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

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

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

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Bezumlje je radost bezumniku, a razuman čovek hodi pravo.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Безумље је радост безумнику, а разуман човек ходи право.

Mashi Bible ☆

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

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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.

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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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.

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

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

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

אִ֭וֶּלֶת שִׂמְחָ֣ה לַחֲסַר־לֵ֑ב וְאִ֥ישׁ תְּ֝בוּנָ֗ה יְיַשֶׁר־לָֽכֶת׃