Proverbs 15:7

NETBible

The lips of the wise spread 1  knowledge, but not so the heart of fools. 2 

NIV ©

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the hearts of fools.

NASB ©

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, But the hearts of fools are not so.

NLT ©

Only the wise can give good advice; fools cannot do so.

MSG ©

Perceptive words spread knowledge; fools are hollow--there's nothing to them.

BBE ©

The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

NRSV ©

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the minds of fools.

NKJV ©

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, But the heart of the fool does not do so.

KJV
The lips
<08193>
of the wise
<02450>
disperse
<02219> (8762)
knowledge
<01847>_:
but the heart
<03820>
of the foolish
<03684>
[doeth] not so.
NASB ©
The lips
<8193>
of the wise
<2450>
spread
<2219>
knowledge
<1847>
, But the hearts
<3820>
of fools
<3684>
are not so
<3651>
.
LXXM
ceilh
<5491> 
N-NPN
sofwn
<4680> 
A-GPM
dedetai
<1210> 
V-RMI-3S
aisyhsei
<144> 
N-DSF
kardiai
<2588> 
N-NPF
de
<1161> 
PRT
afronwn
<878> 
A-GPM
ouk
<3364> 
ADV
asfaleiv
<804> 
A-NPM
NET [draft] ITL
The lips
<08193>
of the wise
<02450>
spread
<02219>
knowledge
<01847>
, but not
<03808>
so
<03651>
the heart
<03820>
of fools
<03684>
.
HEBREW
Nk
<03651>
al
<03808>
Mylyok
<03684>
blw
<03820>
ted
<01847>
wrzy
<02219>
Mymkx
<02450>
ytpv (15:7)
<08193>
NETBible

The lips of the wise spread 1  knowledge, but not so the heart of fools. 2 

NET Notes

1 tc The verb of the first colon is difficult because it does not fit the second very well – a heart does not “scatter” or “spread” knowledge. On the basis of the LXX, C. H. Toy (Proverbs [ICC], 305) suggests a change to יִצְּרוּ (yitsÿru, “they preserve”). The Greek evidence, however, is not strong. For the second line the LXX has “hearts of fools are not safe,” apparently taking לֹא־כֵן (lo’-khen) as “unstable” instead of “not so.” So it seems futile to use the Greek version to modify the first colon to make a better parallel, when the Greek has such a different reading in the second colon anyway.

2 sn The phrase “the heart of fools” emphasizes that fools do not comprehend knowledge. Cf. NCV “there is no knowledge in the thoughts of fools.”