Proverbs 15:7 
Context| NETBible | The lips of the wise spread 1 knowledge, but not so the heart of fools. 2 |
| NIV © biblegateway Pro 15:7 |
The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the hearts of fools. |
| NASB © biblegateway Pro 15:7 |
The lips of the wise spread knowledge, But the hearts of fools are not so. |
| NLT © biblegateway Pro 15:7 |
Only the wise can give good advice; fools cannot do so. |
| MSG © biblegateway Pro 15:7 |
Perceptive words spread knowledge; fools are hollow--there's nothing to them. |
| BBE © SABDAweb Pro 15:7 |
The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right. |
| NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 15:7 |
The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the minds of fools. |
| NKJV © biblegateway Pro 15:7 |
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, But the heart of the fool does not do so. |
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| 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.” |
