Proverbs 16:22

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is their folly.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is their folly.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessors; but the instruction of fools is evil.

Darby Translation ☆

Wisdom is a fountain of life for him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it: the instruction of fools is foolishness.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Vnderstading is welspring of life vnto them that haue it: and the instruction of fooles is folly.

Noyes Bible ☆

Understanding is a wellspring of life to him that hath it. And the chastisement of fools is their folly.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Intelligence is a source of life unto its possessor; but the correction of fools is folly.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Understanding is a fountain of life unto him that hath it; but folly is the chastisement of fools.

King James Version ☆

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: But the instruction of fools is folly.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessors; but the instruction of fools is evil.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessors; but the instruction of fools is evil.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.

Webster Bible ☆

Understanding is a well-spring of life to him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

Revised Version ☆

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the correction of fools is their folly.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessors; But the instruction of fools is evil.

World English Bible ☆

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

A fountain of life [is] understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.

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

Seichel is a Makor Chayyim unto him that hath it, but the musar (instruction, discipline) of fools is folly.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

ٱلْفِطْنَةُ يَنْبُوعُ حَيَاةٍ لِصَاحِبِهَا، وَتَأْدِيبُ ٱلْحَمْقَى حَمَاقَةٌ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ဥာဏ်ပညာကိုရသော သူသည် အသက်စမ်းရေ တွင်းကိုရ၏။ မိုက်သောသူတို့၏ သွန်သင်ခြင်းမူကား၊ မိုက်ခြင်းဖြစ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ဉာဏ် ပညာကိုရ သောသူသည် အသက် စမ်းရေ တွင်း ကိုရ၏။ မိုက် သောသူတို့၏ သွန်သင် ခြင်းမူကား ၊ မိုက် ခြင်းဖြစ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Palunghahaih tawn kami loe hinghaih tuipuek ah oh; toe kamthu thuitaekhaih lok loe amthuhaih ah ni oh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Lungmingnah te a kungmah la aka khueh long tah hingnah thunsih la om tih, aka ang rhoek kah thuituennah tah anglat la poeh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Lungmingnah te a kungmah la aka khueh long tah hingnah thunsih la om tih, aka ang rhoek kah thuituennah tah anglat la poeh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

人有智慧就有生命的泉源； 愚昧人必被愚昧惩治。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

人有智慧就有生命的泉源； 愚昧人必被愚昧懲治。

World Chinese Bible ☆

聪明是拥有它之人的生命泉源， 但愚昧人的惩罚就是他们的愚昧。

Croatian Bible ☆

Izvor je životni razum onima koji ga imaju, a ludima je kazna njihova ludost.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Rozumnost těm, kdož ji mají, jest pramen života, ale umění bláznů jest bláznovství.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Kløgt er sin Mand en Livsens Kilde, Dårskab er Dårers Tugt.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Het verstand dergenen, die het bezitten, is een springader des levens; maar de tucht der dwazen is dwaasheid.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Inzicht is een levensbron voor wie het bezit, Dwazen worden met dwaasheid bestraft.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Saĝo estas fonto de vivo por sia posedanto; Sed la instruo de malsaĝuloj estas malsaĝeco.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

L’intelligence est une fontaine de vie pour ceux qui la possèdent, mais l’instruction des fous est folie.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

La prudence est à ceux qui la possèdent une source de vie; mais le châtiment des insensés, c'est leur folie.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

La sagesse est une source de vie pour celui qui la possède; Et le châtiment des insensés, c’est leur folie.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

L'intelligence est une source de vie pour celui qui la possède, mais le châtiment des insensés, c'est leur propre folie.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Einsicht ist für ihre Besitzer ein Born des Lebens, aber die Züchtigung der Narren ist die Narrheit.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Klugheit ist wie ein Brunnen des Lebens dem, der sie hat; aber die Zucht der Narren ist Narrheit.

German Textbibel ☆

Ein Born des Lebens ist die Klugheit für den, der sie besitzt, aber der Narren Züchtigung ist die Narrheit.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Wer Klugheit besitzt, hat eine Quelle des Lebens; aber mit ihrer Dummheit strafen sich die Narren selbst.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

πηγὴ ζωῆς ἔννοια τοῖς κεκτημένοις, παιδεία δὲ ἀφρόνων κακή.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Πηγὴ ζωῆς ἔννοια τοῖς κεκτημένοις, παιδεία δὲ ἀφρόνων κακή.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Moun ki gen bon konprann gen lavi. Men, moun sòt ap toujou sòt.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

He punawai ola ka naauao i ka mea nona ia; O ke aoia mai o ka poe lapuwale, he lapuwale no ia.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

מְקֹ֣ור חַ֭יִּים שֵׂ֣כֶל בְּעָלָ֑יו וּמוּסַ֖ר אֱוִלִ֣ים אִוֶּֽלֶת׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

מקור חיים שכל בעליו ומוסר אולים אולת׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Il senno è una fonte di vita in coloro che ne son dotati; Ma l'ammaestramento degli stolti è stoltizia.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Il senno, per chi lo possiede, è fonte di vita, ma la stoltezza è il castigo degli stolti.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

悟りは、それを持つ者にとって命の泉であるが、 愚かな者への罰は、その愚かさである。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

명철한 자에게는 그 명철이 생명의 샘이 되거니와 미련한 자에게는 그 미련한 것이 징계가 되느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Etauk el sie unon lun moul nu selos su lalmwetmet, a kom fin srike in luti mwet lalfon, kom sisla pacl lom ke wangin.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Fons vitæ eruditio possidentis; doctrina stultorum fatuitas.]

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

عقل برای صاحبش چشمه حیات‌است، اما تادیب احمقان، حماقت است.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

O entendimento é fonte de vida para quem o possui, mas o castigo dos tolos é a sua própria tolice.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Manancial de vida é o entendimento, para queles que o possuem; mas a instrução dos tolos é loucura.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Înțelegerea este un izvor de viață pentru cel ce o are, dar instruirea nechibzuiților este nechibzuință.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ынцелепчуня есте ун извор де вяцэ пентру чине о аре, дар педяпса небунилор есте небуния лор.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Разум для имеющих его - источник жизни, а ученость глупых - глупость.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Izvor je životu razum onima koji ga imaju, a nauka bezumnih bezumlje je.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Извор је животу разум онима који га имају, а наука безумних безумље је.

Mashi Bible ☆

Obwîrhonzi kuciza buciza nnabwo, isirhe ly’abahwinja bwo na buhane bwâbo.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Manantial de vida es el entendimiento al que lo posee: mas la erudición de los necios es necedad.

Spanish BLL ☆

Manantial de vida es el entendimiento al que lo posee, mas la erudición de los necios es necedad.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Manantial de vida es el entendimiento al que lo posee, mas la erudición de los necios es necedad.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

La sabiduría es una fuente de vida para el que la tiene; pero el castigo de los necios es su comportamiento necio.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Manantial de vida es el entendimiento para el que lo posee, Pero el castigo de los necios es su misma necedad.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ko e faʻa ʻilo ko e matavai ia ʻoe moʻui kiate ia ʻoku maʻu ia: ka ko e akonaki mei he vale ko e vale pe ia.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Криниця жизняна — розум у розумних, а ученість безумних — дурощі.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Криниця жизняна — розум у розумних, а ученість безумних — дурощі.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Người có được thông sáng, tức có được nguồn sự sống; Nhưng sự điên dại của kẻ ngu muội, ấy là sự sửa phạt của nó.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

מְק֣וֹר חַ֭יִּים שֵׂ֣כֶל בְּעָלָ֑יו וּמוּסַ֖ר אֱוִלִ֣ים אִוֶּֽלֶת׃