Proverbs 17:16

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?

Bible in Basic English ☆

How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Why has the fool wealth? for a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. a He that exalts his own house seeks ruin; and he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischiefs.

Darby Translation ☆

To what purpose is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he] hath no sense?

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

What doth it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom? He that maketh his house high, seeketh a downfall: and he that refuseth to learn, shall fall into evils.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of the foole to get wisdome, and he hath none heart?

Noyes Bible ☆

Why should a price be in the hand of a fool To get wisdom, seeing he hath no sense?

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Wherefore is the purchase-money in the hand of a fool to acquire wisdom, seeing he hath no sense?

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding?

King James Version ☆

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool To get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Why has the fool wealth? for a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. He that exalts his own house seeks ruin; and he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischief.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Why has the fool wealth? for a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. He that exalts his own house seeks ruin; and he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischief.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?

Webster Bible ☆

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it ?

Revised Version ☆

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding?

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Why has the fool wealth? For a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. a He that exalts his own house seeks ruin; And he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischiefs.

World English Bible ☆

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

World English Bible Classic ☆

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

World English Bible Updated ☆

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

World Messianic Bible ☆

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Why [is] this — a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?

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

Why is there the purchase price in the yad of a kesil (fool) to acquire chochmah, seeing he hath no lev for it?

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

لِمَاذَا فِي يَدِ ٱلْجَاهِلِ ثَمَنٌ؟ أَلِٱقْتِنَاءِ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ فَهْمٌ؟

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

မိုက်သောသူသည် ပညာကိုအလိုမရှိသည် ဖြစ် ၍၊ ပညာအဘိုးကို အဘယ်ကြောင့် သူ၌အပ်ရသနည်း။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

မိုက် သောသူသည် ပညာ ကိုအလို မ ရှိသည် ဖြစ်၍ ၊ ပညာ အဘိုးကို အဘယ် ကြောင့်သူ၌အပ်ရ သနည်း။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Kamthu loe palunghahaih koeh ai pongah, kamthu ban ah paek ih phoisa loe tih atho maw oh?

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Cueihnah lai ham hlang ang kut dongkah a phu te ba ham lae, a lungbuei neh a om hae moenih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Cueihnah lai ham hlang ang kut dongkah a phu te ba ham lae, a lungbuei neh a om hae moenih.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

愚昧人既无聪明， 为何手拿价银买智慧呢？

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

愚昧人既無聰明， 為何手拿價銀買智慧呢？

World Chinese Bible ☆

愚昧人既无悟性， 手中为何有钱买智慧呢？

Croatian Bible ☆

Čemu novac u ruci bezumnomu? Da njime mudrost kupi, kad nema razbora!

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

K čemu jest zboží v ruce blázna, když k nabytí moudrosti rozumu nemá?

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Hvad hjælper Penge i Tåbens Hånd til at købe ham Visdom, når Viddet mangler?

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Waarom toch zou in de hand des zots het koopgeld zijn, om wijsheid te kopen, dewijl hij geen verstand heeft?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Waartoe dient geld in de hand van een dwaas, Om wijsheid te kopen, als hij toch geen verstand heeft?

Esperanto Bible ☆

Por kio servas mono en la mano de malsaĝulo? Ĉu por aĉeti saĝon, kiam li prudenton ne havas?

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Pourquoi donc le prix dans la main d’un sot pour acheter la sagesse, alors qu’il n’a point de sens ?

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Que sert le prix dans la main d'un insensé pour acheter la sagesse, puisqu'il manque de sens?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

A quoi sert l’argent dans la main de l’insensé? A acheter la sagesse?… Mais il n’a point de sens.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

À quoi sert l'argent dans la main d'un insensé pour acheter la sagesse, puisqu'il n'a pas de bon sens ?

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Wozu doch Geld in der Hand eines Toren, um Weisheit zu kaufen, da ihm doch der Verstand fehlt?

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Was soll dem Narren Geld in der Hand, Weisheit zu kaufen, so er doch ein Narr ist?

German Textbibel ☆

Was hilft denn das Geld in des Thoren Hand zum Erwerb von Weisheit, da doch kein Verstand vorhanden ist?

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Was nützt das Geld in der Hand des Narren, Weisheit zu kaufen in seinem Unverstand?

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἱνατί ὑπῆρξε χρήματα ἄφρονι; κτήσασθαι γὰρ σοφίαν ἀκάρδιος οὐ δυνήσεται. 16α ὃς ὑψηλὸν ποιεῖ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ οἶκον, ζητεῖ συντριβήν, ὁ δὲ σκολιάζων τοῦ μαθεῖν ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς κακά.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἱνατί ὑπῆρξε χρήματα ἄφρονι; κτήσασθαι γὰρ σοφίαν ἀκάρδιος οὐ δυνήσεται· a ὃς ὑψηλὸν ποιεῖ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ οἶκον, ζητεῖ συντριβήν· ὁ δὲ σκολιάζων τοῦ μαθεῖν, ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς κακά.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Yon moun sòt te mèt gen kont lajan nan men l', li p'ap janm ka gen konesans. Li pa gen konprann.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

No ke aha la keia, he kumu kuai ma ka lima o ka mea lapuwale, E kuai aku ai i ke akamai, aohe ona manao malaila?

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

לָמָּה־זֶּ֣ה מְחִ֣יר בְּיַד־כְּסִ֑יל לִקְנֹ֖ות חָכְמָ֣ה וְלֶב־אָֽיִן׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

למה זה מחיר ביד כסיל לקנות חכמה ולב אין׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

A che serve il prezzo in mano allo stolto, Da comperar sapienza, poichè egli non ha alcun senno?

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

A che serve il danaro in mano allo stolto? ad acquistar saviezza?… Ma se non ha senno!

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

愚かな者には悟る心がないのに、 知恵を買う金を手にして何になるのか。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

미련한 자는 무지하거늘 손에 값을 가지고 지혜를 사려 함은 어찜인고

Kosraean Bible ☆

Wangin sripa sie mwet lalfon in sisla mani nu ke lutlut, mweyen wangin etauk sel.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Quid prodest stulto habere divitias, cum sapientiam emere non possit? Qui altum facit domum suam quærit ruinam, et qui evitat discere incidet in mala.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

قیمت به جهت خریدن حکمت چرا به‌دست احمق باشد؟ و حال آنکه هیچ فهم ندارد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

De que serve o dinheiro na mão do tolo para comprar a sabedoria, visto que ele não tem entendimento?

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Para que serve o dinheiro na mão do tolo, já que ele não tem interesse em obter sabedoria?

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

La ce folosește un preț în mâna unui prost pentru a obține înțelepciune, văzând că nu are inimă pentru aceasta?

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ла че служеште арӂинтул ын мына небунулуй? Сэ кумпере ынцелепчуня?… Дар н-аре минте!

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

К чему сокровище в руках глупца? Для приобретения мудрости у него нет разума.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Na šta je blago bezumnom u ruci kad nema razuma da pribavi mudrost?

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

На шта је благо безумном у руци кад нема разума да прибави мудрост?

Mashi Bible ☆

Obugale omu nfune z’omuhwinja erhi bwa bici? Ka mpu agule mwo oburhimanya? Ci arhajira irhwe!

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

¿De qué sirve el precio en la mano del necio para comprar sabiduría, no teniendo entendimiento?

Spanish BLL ☆

¿De qué le sirve al necio tener dinero para comprar sabiduría, si no tiene nada de entendimiento?

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

¿De qué sirve el precio en la mano del necio para comprar sabiduría, si no tiene entendimiento?

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

¿Cómo el dinero en mano de los necios obtendrá sabiduría, viendo que no tiene entendimiento?

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

¿Para qué sirve el dinero en mano del necio? ¿Para adquirir sabiduría sin entendimiento?

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Revised West Version ☆

Ko e hā eni kuo ʻai ʻae totongi ki he nima ʻoe vale ke ne maʻu ai ʻae poto, ka ʻoku ʻikai te ne maʻu ha loto ki ai?

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Про що скарби в руках у дурня? щоб придбати собі мудрість, — на те в його нема ума.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Про що скарби в руках у дурня? щоб придбати собі мудрість, — на те в його нема ума.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Kẻ ngu muội thiếu trí hiểu, Thế thì bạc trong tay hắn mua khôn ngoan mà chi?

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

לָמָּה־זֶּ֣ה מְחִ֣יר בְּיַד־כְּסִ֑יל לִקְנ֖וֹת חָכְמָ֣ה וְלֶב־אָֽיִן׃