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Proverbs 14:6

NETBible	The scorner¹ seeks wisdom but finds none,² but understanding is easy³ for a discerning person.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 14:6	The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 14:6	A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none, But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 14:6	A mocker seeks wisdom and never finds it, but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 14:6	Cynics look high and low for wisdom--and never find it; the open-minded find it right on their doorstep!
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 14:6	The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 14:6	A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for one who understands.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 14:6	A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it , But knowledge is easy to him who understands.
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KJV	A scorner <03887> (8801) seeketh <01245> (8765) wisdom <02451>_, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge <01847> [is] easy <07043> (8738) unto him that understandeth <0995> (8737)_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 14:6	A scoffer <03917> seeks <01245> wisdom <02451> and finds none <0369> , But knowledge <01847> is easy <07043> to one who has <0995> understanding <0995> .
LXXM	zhthseiv <2212> V-FAI-2S sofian <4678> N-ASF para <3844> PREP kakoiv <2556> A-DPM kai <2532> CONJ ouc <3364> ADV eurhseiv <2147> V-FAI-2S aisyhsiv <144> N-NSF de <1161> PRT para <3844> PREP fronimoiv <5429> A-DPM eucerhv {A-NSF}
NET [draft] ITL	The scorner <03887> seeks <01245> wisdom <02451> but finds none <0369> , but understanding <01847> is easy <07043> for a discerning <0995> person.
HEBREW	lqn <07043> Nwbnl <0995> tedw <01847> Nyaw <0369> hmkx <02451> Ul <03887> sqb (14:6) <01245>

NETBible

The scorner¹ seeks wisdom but finds none,² but understanding is easy³ for a discerning person.

NET Notes

¹sn The “scorner” (לֵץ, lets) is intellectually arrogant; he lacks any serious interest in knowledge or religion. He pursues wisdom in a superficial way so that he can appear wise. The acquisition of wisdom is conditioned by one’s attitude toward it (J. H. Greenstone, Proverbs, 149).

²tn Heb “and there is not.”

³sn The Niphal of קָלַל (qalal) means “to appear light; to appear trifling; to appear easy.”