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Proverbs 1:22

NETBible	“How long will you simpletons¹ love naiveté?² How long³ will mockers⁴ delight⁵ in mockery⁶ and fools⁷ hate knowledge?
NIV © biblegateway Pro 1:22	"How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
NASB © biblegateway Pro 1:22	"How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge?
NLT © biblegateway Pro 1:22	"You simpletons!" she cries. "How long will you go on being simpleminded? How long will you mockers relish your mocking? How long will you fools fight the facts?
MSG © biblegateway Pro 1:22	"Simpletons! How long will you wallow in ignorance? Cynics! How long will you feed your cynicism? Idiots! How long will you refuse to learn?
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 1:22	How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 1:22	"How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 1:22	"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.
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KJV	How long, ye simple ones <06612>_, will ye love <0157> (8799) simplicity <06612>_? and the scorners <03887> (8801) delight <02530> (8804) in their scorning <03944>_, and fools <03684> hate <08130> (8799) knowledge <01847>_?
NASB © biblegateway Pro 1:22	"How <04970> long <05704> <4970>, O naive <06612> ones <06612> , will you love <0157> being simple-minded <06612> ? And scoffers <03917> delight <02530> themselves in scoffing <03944> And fools <03684> hate <08130> knowledge <01847> ?
LXXM	oson <3745> A-ASM an <302> PRT cronon <5550> N-ASM akakoi <172> A-NPM ecwntai <2192> V-PMS-3P thv <3588> T-GSF dikaiosunhv <1343> N-GSF ouk <3364> ADV aiscunyhsontai <153> V-FPI-3P oi <3588> T-NPM de <1161> PRT afronev <878> A-NPM thv <3588> T-GSF ubrewv <5196> N-GSF ontev <1510> V-PAPNP epiyumhtai <1938> N-NPM asebeiv <765> A-NPM genomenoi <1096> V-AMPNP emishsan <3404> V-AAI-3P aisyhsin <144> N-ASF
NET [draft] ITL	“How <04970> long <05704> will you simpletons <06612> love <0157> naiveté <06612> ? How long will mockers <03887> delight <02530> in mockery <03944> and fools <03684> hate <08130> knowledge <01847> ?
HEBREW	ted <01847> wanvy <08130> Mylyokw <03684> Mhl <01992> wdmx <02530> Nwul <03944> Myulw <03887> ytp <06612> wbhat <0157> Mytp <06612> ytm <04970> de (1:22) <05704>

NETBible

“How long will you simpletons¹ love naiveté?² How long³ will mockers⁴ delight⁵ in mockery⁶ and fools⁷ hate knowledge?

NET Notes

¹tn Wisdom addresses three types of people: simpletons (פְּתָיִם, pÿtayim), scoffers (לֵצִים, letsim) and fools (כְּסִילִים, kÿsilim). For the term “simpleton” see note on 1:4. Each of these three types of people is satisfied with the life being led and will not listen to reason. See J. A. Emerton, “A Note on the Hebrew Text of Proverbs 1:22-23,” JTS 19 (1968): 609-14.

²tn Heb “simplicity” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “inanity.” The noun פֶּתִי (peti) means “simplicity; lack of wisdom” (BDB 834 s.v.; HALOT 989 s.v. II פֶּתִי). It is related to the term פְּתָיִם (pÿtayim) “simpletons” and so forms a striking wordplay. This lack of wisdom and moral simplicity is inherent in the character of the naive person.

³tn The second instance of “How long?” does not appear in the Hebrew text; it is supplied in the translation for smoothness and style.

⁴sn The term לֵצִים (leysim, “scoffers; mockers”) comes from the root לִיץ (lits, “to scorn; to mock; to speak indirectly” (BDB 539 s.v. לִיץ). They are cynical and defiant freethinkers who ridicule the righteous and all for which they stand (e.g., Ps 1:1).

⁵tn Heb “delight.” The verb (חָמַד, khamad) is often translated “to take pleasure; to delight” but frequently has the meaning of a selfish desire, a coveting of something. It is the term, for example, used for coveting in the Decalogue (Exod 20:17; Deut 5:21) and for the covetous desire of Eve (Gen 3:6) and Achan (Josh 7:21). It is tempting to nuance it here as “illicit desire” for mockery.

⁶tn Heb “for themselves.” The ethical dative לָהֶם (lahem, “for themselves”) is normally untranslated. It is a rhetorical device emphasizing that they take delight in mockery for their own self-interests.

⁷sn The term “fool” (כְּסִיל, kÿsil) refers to the morally insensitive dullard (BDB 493 s.v.).