Proverbs 26:16

The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation ¹  than seven people who respond with good sense. ² 

biblegateway Pro 26:16

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

biblegateway Pro 26:16

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who can give a discreet answer.

biblegateway Pro 26:16

Lazy people consider themselves smarter than seven wise counselors.

biblegateway Pro 26:16

Dreamers fantasize their self-importance; they think they are smarter than a whole college faculty.

SABDAweb Pro 26:16

The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.

bibleoremus Pro 26:16

The lazy person is wiser in self-esteem than seven who can answer discreetly.

biblegateway Pro 26:16

The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who can answer sensibly.

biblegateway Pro 26:16

The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation ¹  than seven people who respond with good sense. ² 

¹ tn Heb “in his eyes.” The lazy person thinks that he has life all figured out and has chosen the wise course of action – but he is simply lazy. J. H. Greenstone says, for example, “Much anti-intellectualism may be traced to such rationalization for laziness” (Proverbs, 269).

² tn The term means “taste; judgment.” The related verb means “to taste; to perceive,” that is, “to examine by tasting,” or examine by experiencing (e.g., Ps 34:9). Here the idea is expressed with the participle in construct, “those returners [of] good sense,” those who answer tastefully, with discretion. Cf. NIV “who (+ can NRSV) answer discreetly.”