Proverbs 14:6 
Context| NETBible | The scorner 1 seeks wisdom but finds none, 2 but understanding is easy 3 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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| NETBible | The scorner 1 seeks wisdom but finds none, 2 but understanding is easy 3 for a discerning person. |
| NET Notes |
1 sn 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). 2 tn Heb “and there is not.” 3 sn The Niphal of קָלַל (qalal) means “to appear light; to appear trifling; to appear easy.” |
