Proverbs 26:16

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

Bible in Basic English ☆

The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.

Darby Translation ☆

A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven [men] that answer discreetly.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

The sluggard is wiser in his owne conceite, then seuen men that can render a reason.

Noyes Bible ☆

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men who can render a reason.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

The slothful is wiser in his own eyes, than seven men that can give wise answers.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that give wise answer.

King James Version ☆

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

Webster Bible ☆

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

Revised Version ☆

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

A sluggard seems to himself wiser Than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.

World English Bible ☆

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

World English Bible Classic ☆

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

World English Bible Updated ☆

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

World Messianic Bible ☆

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven [men] returning a reason.

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

The atzel (sluggard, lazy one) is chacham in his own eyes, more than seven that give an excellent answer.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

اَلْكَسْلَانُ أَوْفَرُ حِكْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْ نَفْسِهِ مِنَ ٱلسَّبْعَةِ ٱلْمُجِيبِينَ بِعَقْلٍ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ပျင်းရိသောသူက၊ ငါသည် အကျိုးအကြောင်းကို ပြတတ်သောသူ ခုနစ်ယောက်ထက်သာ၍ ပညာရှိသည် ဟု ကိုယ်ကိုထင်တတ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ပျင်းရိ သောသူက၊ ငါသည် အကျိုးအကြောင်းကို ပြတတ်သောသူ ခုနစ် ယောက်ထက် သာ၍ပညာရှိသည် ဟု ကိုယ်ကိုထင်တတ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Thasae kami loe khopoek thaih kami sarihto pongah, angmah hoi angmah to palungha kue ah poek.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Kolhnaw he amah mikhmuh ah tah, omih neh aka thuung hlang parhih lakah aka cueih la ngai uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Kolhnaw he amah mikhmuh ah tah, omih neh aka thuung hlang parhih lakah aka cueih la ngai uh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

懒惰人看自己比七个善于应对的人更有智慧。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

懶惰人看自己比七個善於應對的人更有智慧。

World Chinese Bible ☆

懒惰人自以为 比七个能审慎回答的人更有智慧。

Croatian Bible ☆

Lijenčina se čini sebi mudrijim od sedmorice koji umno odgovaraju.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Moudřejší jest lenivý u sebe sám, nežli sedm odpovídajících s soudem.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Den lade tykkes sig større Vismand end syv, der har kloge Svar.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

De luiaard is wijzer in zijn ogen, dan zeven, die met rede antwoorden.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Een luiaard denkt, dat hij wijzer is Dan zeven mensen, die verstandige antwoorden geven.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Maldiligentulo estas en siaj okuloj pli saĝa, Ol sep veraj saĝuloj.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Le paresseux est plus sage à ses yeux que sept [hommes] qui répondent avec bon sens.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Le paresseux se croit plus sage que sept hommes qui savent répondre avec bon sens.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Le paresseux se croit plus sage Que sept hommes qui répondent avec bon sens.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Le paresseux se croit plus sage à ses propres yeux que sept hommes qui répondent avec discernement.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Der Faule ist weiser in seinen Augen als sieben, die verständig antworten.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Ein Fauler dünkt sich weiser denn sieben, die da Sitten lehren.

German Textbibel ☆

Ein Fauler dünkt sich weiser als sieben, die verständig zu antworten wissen.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Ein Fauler dünkt sich weiser als sieben, die verständige Antworten geben.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

σοφώτερος ἑαυτῷ ὀκνηρὸς φαίνεται τοῦ ἐν πλησμονῇ ἀποκομίζοντος ἀγγελίαν.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Σοφώτερος ἑαυτῷ ὀκνηρὸς φαίνεται, τοῦ ἐν πλησμονῇ ἀποκομίζοντος ἀγγελίαν.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Parese mete nan tèt li li gen plis konprann pase sèt moun lespri ki konn sa y'ap di.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

He naauao loa ka mea pulaualelo i kona manao iho, Mamua o na kanaka ehiku e hoike ana i ka oiaio.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

חָכָ֣ם עָצֵ֣ל בְּעֵינָ֑יו מִ֝שִּׁבְעָ֗ה מְשִׁ֣יבֵי טָֽעַם׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

חכם עצל בעיניו משבעה משיבי טעם׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Al pigro par di esser savio, Più che sette che dànno risposte di prudenza.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Il pigro si crede più savio di sette uomini che dànno risposte sensate.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

怠け者は自分の目には、 思慮深く答える七人よりも、自分のほうが知恵があると思う。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

게으른 자는 선히 대답하는 사람 일곱보다 자기를 지혜롭게 여기느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Sie mwet alsrangesr el ac nunku mu el etu liki mwet itkosr su ku in aketeya nunak lalos arulana kalem.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Sapientior sibi piger videtur septem viris loquentibus sententias.]

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

کاهل در نظر خود حکیمتر است از هفت مرد که جواب عاقلانه می‌دهند.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

O preguiçoso é mais sábio aos seus próprios olhos do que sete homens que respondem com discrição.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

O preguiçoso se acha mais sábio aos próprios olhos do que sete que respondem com prudência.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Leneșul este mai înțelept în îngâmfarea lui decât șapte bărbați care pot întoarce un motiv.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ленешул се креде май ынцелепт декыт шапте оамень каре рэспунд ку жудекатэ.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Ленивец в глазах своих мудрее семерых, отвечающих обдуманно.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Lenivac misli da je mudriji od sedmorice koji odgovaraju razumno.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ленивац мисли да је мудрији од седморице који одговарају разумно.

Mashi Bible ☆

Omwôlo kw’amanya mpu ye murhimanya olushîne, walusha bantu nda bashuza n’obwîrhonzi.

CC BY 4.0

Reina Valera 1909 ☆

A su ver es el perezoso más sabio que siete que le den consejo.

Spanish BLL ☆

El perezoso se cree más sabio que siete personas que responden con inteligencia.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

El perezoso es más sabio en su propia opinión que siete hombres que saben responder con discreción.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

El que odia el trabajo en su opinión, se cree más sabio que siete hombres que son capaces de dar una respuesta con buen sentido.

CC BY 4.0

Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

El perezoso se cree más sabio Que siete hombres que responden con discreción.

CC BY 4.0

Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku poto hake ʻae fakapikopiko ʻi heʻene mahalo ʻaʻana, ʻi he kau tangata ʻe toko fitu ʻoku faʻa tali ʻaki ʻae lea ʻoku totonu.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Легун здається сам собі мудрійшим за семеро, що в лад, подумавши, відповідають.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Легун здається сам собі мудрійшим за семеро, що в лад, подумавши, відповідають.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Kẻ biếng nhác tự nghĩ mình khôn ngoan Hơn bảy người đáp lại cách có lý.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

חָכָ֣ם עָצֵ֣ל בְּעֵינָ֑יו מִ֝שִּׁבְעָ֗ה מְשִׁ֣יבֵי טָֽעַם׃