Proverbs 17:24

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

The countenance of a wise man is sensible; but the eyes of a fool go to the ends of the earth.

Darby Translation ☆

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Wisdom shineth in the face of the wise: the eyes of fools are in the ends of the earth.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Wisdome is in the face of him that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of a foole are in the corners of the world.

Noyes Bible ☆

Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are at the ends of the earth.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

King James Version ☆

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

The countenance of a wise man is sensible; but the eyes of a fool go to the ends of the earth.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

The countenance of a wise man is sensible; but the eyes of a fool go to the ends of the earth.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

Webster Bible ☆

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Revised Version ☆

Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding: but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

The countenance of a wise man is sensible; But the eyes of a fool go to the ends of the earth.

World English Bible ☆

Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

The face of the intelligent [is] to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool — at the end of the earth.

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

Chochmah is before the meiven (discerning one); but the eynayim of a kesil are on the ends of ha'aretz.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

ٱلْحِكْمَةُ عِنْدَ ٱلْفَهِيمِ، وَعَيْنَا ٱلْجَاهِلِ فِي أَقْصَى ٱلْأَرْضِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ဥာဏ်ရှိသောသူသည် ပညာကို မျက်မှောက် ပြုတတ်၏။ မိုက်သောသူ၏ မျက်စိမူကား၊ မြေကြီးစွန်း တိုင်အောင်လှည့်၍ ကြည့်ရှုတတ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ဉာဏ် ရှိသောသူသည် ပညာ ကို မျက်မှောက် ပြုတတ်၏။ မိုက် သောသူ၏ မျက်စိ မူကား ၊ မြေကြီး စွန်း တိုင်အောင်လှည့်၍ ကြည့်ရှုတတ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Palungha kami loe panoekhaih to tawnh; toe kamthu ih mik loe long boenghaih khoek to khet parui.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Cueihnah he aka yakming ham tah amah mikhmuh ah a om pah tih, aka ang kah a mik ah tah diklai khobawt la a om pah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Cueihnah he aka yakming ham tah amah mikhmuh ah a om pah tih, aka ang kah a mik ah tah diklai khobawt la a om pah.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

明哲人眼前有智慧； 愚昧人眼望地极。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

明哲人眼前有智慧； 愚昧人眼望地極。

World Chinese Bible ☆

智慧在明达人面前； 愚昧人的眼睛却游荡到地极。

Croatian Bible ☆

Razuman ima mudrost pred sobom, a bezumniku su oči na kraj zemlje.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Na oblíčeji rozumného vidí se moudrost, ale oči blázna těkají až na konec země.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Visdom står den forstandige for Øje, Tåbens Blik er ved Jordens Ende.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

In het aangezicht des verstandigen is wijsheid; maar de ogen des zots zijn in het einde der aarde.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

De verstandige houdt de wijsheid voor ogen, De ogen van een domoor dwalen af naar de uithoeken der aarde.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Antaŭ la vizaĝo de prudentulo estas saĝo; Sed la okuloj de malsaĝulo estas en la fino de la tero.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

La sagesse est en face de l’homme intelligent, mais les yeux du sot sont au bout de la terre.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

La sagesse est devant l'homme prudent; mais les yeux de l'insensé vont au bout de la terre.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

La sagesse est en face de l’homme intelligent, Mais les yeux de l’insensé sont à l’extrémité de la terre.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

L'homme intelligent garde les yeux fixés sur la sagesse, mais les yeux de l'insensé errent jusqu'aux extrémités de la terre.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Vor dem Angesicht des Verständigen ist Weisheit, aber die Augen des Toren sind am Ende der Erde.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Ein Verständiger gebärdet sich weise; ein Narr wirft die Augen hin und her.

German Textbibel ☆

Der Verständige hat die Weisheit vor sich stehn, aber die Augen des Thoren sind am Ende der Erde.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Dem Verständigen liegt die Weisheit vor Augen; der Tor aber sucht sie am Ende der Erde.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

πρόσωπον συνετὸν ἀνδρὸς σοφοῦ, οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ τοῦ ἄφρονος ἐπ᾿ ἄκρα γῆς.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Πρόσωπον συνετὸν ἀνδρὸς σοφοῦ, οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ τοῦ ἄφρονος ἐπʼ ἄκρα γῆς.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Yon moun ki gen bon konprann toujou ap chache konesans. Men, moun sòt pa konn sa li vle.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Imua i ke alo o ka mea noonoo malaila ka naauao; Aia hoi na maka o ka mea lapuwale, ma na welau o ka honua.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י מֵבִ֣ין חָכְמָ֑ה וְעֵינֵ֥י כְ֝סִ֗יל בִּקְצֵה־אָֽרֶץ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

את פני מבין חכמה ועיני כסיל בקצה ארץ׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

La sapienza è nel cospetto dell'intendente ; Ma gli occhi dello stolto riguardano alle estremità della terra.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

La sapienza sta dinanzi a chi ha intelligenza, ma gli occhi dello stolto vagano agli estremi confini della terra.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

悟りのある者は知恵を見据えるが、 愚かな者の目は地の果てをさまよう。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

지혜는 명철한 자의 앞에 있거늘 미련한 자는 눈을 땅 끝에 두느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Mwet lalkung elos sulela in akwot nu ke soko inkanek lalmwetmet, a mwet lalfon uh takusrkusr ke inkanek puspis.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

In facie prudentis lucet sapientia; oculi stultorum in finibus terræ.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

حکمت در مد نظر مرد فهیم است، اماچشمان احمق در اقصای زمین می‌باشد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

A sabedoria está diante do rosto de quem tem entendimento, mas os olhos do tolo vagam até os confins da terra.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

A sabedoria está diante do rosto do prudente; porém os olhos do tolo estão voltados para os confins da terra.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Înțelepciune este înaintea celui ce are înțelegere, dar ochii unui prost sunt ațintiți la marginile pământului.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ынцелепчуня есте ын фаца омулуй причепут, дар окий небунулуй о каутэ ла капэтул пэмынтулуй.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Мудрость - пред лицoм у разумного, а глаза глупца - на конце земли.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Razumnom je na licu mudrost, a oči bezumniku vrljaju nakraj zemlje.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Разумном је на лицу мудрост, а очи безумнику врљају накрај земље.

Mashi Bible ☆

Entagengwa ebwa burhimanya eyerekeza amalanga, amasù g’omuhwinja gôhe, kuzimêra gazimêra enyuma ly’ebihugo.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

En el rostro del entendido aparece la sabiduría: mas los ojos del necio vagan hasta el cabo de la tierra.

Spanish BLL ☆

El inteligente tiene la sabiduría a la vista, pero el necio anda en las nubes, mirando hasta el fin del mundo.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

En el rostro del entendido brilla la sabiduría; mas los ojos del necio vagan por los confines de la tierra.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

La sabiduría está delante del que tiene sentido; pero los ojos de los necios vagan en los confines de la tierra.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

En el rostro del entendido se refleja la sabiduría, Pero los ojos del necio vagan hasta el extremo de la tierra.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku ʻi he ʻao ʻoe tangata ʻoku faʻa fakakaukau ʻae poto: ka ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo māmani ʻae mata ʻoe vale.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

В розумного мудрість — перед очима, дурного ж очі — на концї землї її вбачають.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

В розумного мудрість — перед очима, дурного ж очі — на концї землї її вбачають.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Có sự khôn ngoan trước mặt người thông sáng; Song con mắt kẻ ngu muội ở nơi địa cực.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י מֵבִ֣ין חָכְמָ֑ה וְעֵינֵ֥י כְ֝סִ֗יל בִּקְצֵה־אָֽרֶץ׃