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Proverbs 14:7

NETBible	Leave the presence of a foolish person,¹ or² you will not understand³ wise counsel.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Pro 14:7	Stay away from a foolish man, for you will not find knowledge on his lips.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 14:7	Leave the presence of a fool, Or you will not discern words of knowledge.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 14:7	Stay away from fools, for you won’t find knowledge there.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 14:7	Escape quickly from the company of fools; they're a waste of your time, a waste of your words.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 14:7	Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 14:7	Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not find words of knowledge.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 14:7	Go from the presence of a foolish man, When you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
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KJV	Go <03212> (8798) from the presence <05048> of a foolish <03684> man <0376>_, when thou perceivest <03045> (8804) not [in him] the lips <08193> of knowledge <01847>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 14:7	Leave <01980> the presence <05048> of a fool <03684> , Or you will not discern <03045> words <08193> of knowledge <01847> .
LXXM	panta <3956> A-NPN enantia <1727> A-NPN andri <435> N-DSM afroni <878> A-DSM opla <3696> N-NPN de <1161> PRT aisyhsewv <144> N-GSF ceilh <5491> N-NPN sofa <4680> A-NPN
NET [draft] ITL	Leave <01980> the presence <05048> of a foolish <03684> person <0376> , or you will not <01077> understand <03045> wise counsel <01847> <08193> .
HEBREW	ted <01847> ytpv <08193> tedy <03045> lbw <01077> lyok <03684> syal <0376> dgnm <05048> Kl (14:7) <01980>

NETBible

Leave the presence of a foolish person,¹ or² you will not understand³ wise counsel.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “a man, a stupid fellow.”

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

³tc 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.

⁴tn 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.”