Proverbs 14:7

NETBible

Leave the presence of a foolish person, 1  or 2  you will not understand 3  wise counsel. 4 

NIV ©

Stay away from a foolish man, for you will not find knowledge on his lips.

NASB ©

Leave the presence of a fool, Or you will not discern words of knowledge.

NLT ©

Stay away from fools, for you won’t find knowledge there.

MSG ©

Escape quickly from the company of fools; they're a waste of your time, a waste of your words.

BBE ©

Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

NRSV ©

Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not find words of knowledge.

NKJV ©

Go from the presence of a foolish man, When you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

KJV
Go
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from the presence
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of a foolish
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man
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when thou perceivest
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not [in him] the lips
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of knowledge
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NASB ©
Leave
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the presence
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of a fool
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, Or you will not discern
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words
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of knowledge
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.
LXXM
panta
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A-NPN
enantia
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A-NPN
andri
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N-DSM
afroni
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A-DSM
opla
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N-NPN
de
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PRT
aisyhsewv
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N-GSF
ceilh
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N-NPN
sofa
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A-NPN
NET [draft] ITL
Leave
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the presence
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of a foolish
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person
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, or you will not
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understand
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wise counsel
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.
HEBREW
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tedy
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lbw
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lyok
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syal
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dgnm
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Kl (14:7)
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NETBible

Leave the presence of a foolish person, 1  or 2  you will not understand 3  wise counsel. 4 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “a man, a stupid fellow.”

2 tn Heb “and.” The vav (ו) that introduces this clause may be understood as meaning “or….”

3 tc The MT reads וּבַל־יָדַעְתָּ (uval-yada’ta, “you did not know [the lips of knowledge]).” It must mean that one should leave the fool because he did not receive knowledge from what fools said. Tg. Prov 14:7 freely interprets the verse: “for there is no knowledge on his lips.” The LXX reflects a Hebrew Vorlage of וּכְלֵי־דַעַת (ukhÿle-da’at, “[wise lips] are weapons of discretion”). The textual variant involves wrong word division and orthographic confusion between ב (bet) and כ (kaf). C. H. Toy emends the text: “for his lips do not utter knowledge” as in 15:7 (Proverbs [ICC], 285). The MT is workable and more difficult.

4 tn Heb “lips of knowledge” (so KJV, ASV). “Lips” is the metonymy of cause, and “knowledge” is an objective genitive (speaking knowledge) or attributive genitive (knowledgeable speech): “wise counsel.”