American Standard Version (1901)
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.
Proverbs 14:8
84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament
ASV Byzantine Text
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.
Asang Khongca Bible
Palungha kami loe a caehhaih loklam to palunghahaih hoiah poek; toe kamthu ih amthuhaih loe alinghaih ah oh.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs
Aka thaai kah cueihnah long tah a longpuei te a yakming dae, aka ang kah a anglat tah thailatnah ni.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019
Aka thaai kah cueihnah long tah a longpuei te a yakming dae, aka ang kah a anglat tah thailatnah ni.
Hawaiian Bible 1868
O ke akamai o ka mea ike, oia ka hoomaopopo ana i kona aoao; O ka lapuwale o ka poe naaupo, oia ka hoopunipuni.
English Berean Standard Bible
The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
Haitian Creole Bible 1985
Moun ki gen bon konprann konnen sa l'ap fè. Moun sòt mete nan tèt li li konnen, men se tèt li l'ap twonpe.
Clementine Vulgate 1598
Sapientia callidi est intelligere viam suam, et imprudentia stultorum errans.
Bible in Basic English
The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.
French: Bible J.N. Darby
La sagesse de l’homme avisé est de discerner sa voie, mais la folie des sots est tromperie.
Czech Kralická Bible 1613
Moudrost opatrného jest, aby rozuměl cestě své, bláznovství pak bláznů ke lsti.
Kosraean Bible
Efu ku mwet lalkung uh lalmwetmet? Mweyen el etu ma elan oru. Efu ku mwet sulalkung uh lalfon? Mweyen el nunku mu el etu ma nukewa.
World Portuguese Bible
A sabedoria do prudente é entender o seu caminho, mas a estultícia dos tolos é enganar.
Romanian BTF Bible
Înțelepciunea celui chibzuit este să cunoască propria sa cale, dar nechibzuința proștilor este înșelăciune.
Brenton English Septuagint
The wisdom of the prudent will understand their ways; but the folly of fools leads astray.
Burmese Common Language Bible
ပညာသတိရှိသော သူ၏ပညာကား၊ ကိုယ်သွား ရသော လမ်းကို သိခြင်းတည်း။ မိုက်သောသူ၏ မိုက်ခြင်း မူကား၊ ပရိယာယ်တည်း။
Darby Translation
The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way; but the folly of the foolish is deceit.
German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible
Die Weisheit des Klugen ist, auf seinen Weg zu merken, und die Narrheit der Toren ist Betrug.
Dutch Bible 1917
De wijsheid des kloekzinnigen is zijn weg te verstaan; maar dwaasheid der zotten is bedriegerij.
Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius
De wijsheid der schranderen wijst hun de weg, Maar de dommen worden door hun dwaasheid op een dwaalspoor geleid.
Italian Diodati Bible
La sapienza dell'uomo è di considerar la sua via; Ma la follia degli stolti è inganno.
Douay-Rheims 1899
The wisdom of a. discreet man is to understand his way: and the imprudence of fools erreth.
Geneva Bible 1599
The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.
Noyes Bible
The wisdom of the prudent is in giving heed to his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.
Danish Bible 1931
Den kloge i sin Visdom er klar på sin Vej, men Tåbers Dårskab er Svig.
Leeser Tanakh
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; but the folly of fools is deceit.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
The wisdom of the prudent is to look well to his way; but the folly of fools is deceit.
King James Version
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
King James Version + Apocrypha
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
Vietnamese Bible 1923
Sự trí huệ của người khôn khéo, ấy là hiểu rõ đường lối mình; Nhưng sự điên cuồng của kẻ ngu muội là sự phỉnh gạt.
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: But the folly of fools is deceit.
Revised West Version
Ko e poto eni ʻae fakamākukanga ke ne ʻilo pe hono hala: ka ko e vaʻinga ʻae vale ko e kākā ia.
French Ostervald Bible
La sagesse d'un homme habile est de prendre garde à sa voie; mais la folie des insensés, c'est la fraude.
Esperanto Bible
La saĝeco de saĝulo estas komprenado de sia vojo; Kaj la malsaĝeco de malsaĝuloj estas trompiĝado.
French Louis Segond 1910 Bible
La sagesse de l’homme prudent, c’est l’intelligence de sa voie; La folie des insensés, c’est la tromperie.
German Luther Bible 1912
Das ist des Klugen Weisheit, daß er auf seinen Weg merkt; aber der Narren Torheit ist eitel Trug.
LXX2012 U. S. English
The wisdom of the prudent will understand their ways; but the folly of fools leads astray.
British English Septuagint 2012
The wisdom of the prudent will understand their ways; but the folly of fools leads astray.
Majority Standard BIble
The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
Webster Bible
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
Revised Version
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
Italian Riveduta Bible
La sapienza dell’uomo accorto sta nel discernere la propria strada, ma la follia degli stolti non è che inganno.
French Free Holy Bible for the World
La sagesse de l'homme prudent, c'est de discerner sa voie, mais la folie des insensés n'est que tromperie.
Reina Valera 1909
La ciencia del cuerdo es entender su camino: mas la indiscreción de los necios es engaño.
Spanish BLL
La sabiduría del prudente es saber por dónde va, pero a los necios los engaña su propia tontería.
Spanish Free Bible for the World
La sabiduría del prudente está en entender su camino, mas la necedad de los necios es engaño.
Croatian Bible
Mudrost je pametna čovjeka u tom što pazi na svoj put, a bezumnička ludost prijevara je.
Serbian DK Bible (Latin)
Mudrost je pametnog da pazi na put svoj, a bezumlje je bezumnih prevara.
German Textbibel
Die Weisheit des Gescheiten ist, daß er seinen Weg versteht, aber der Thoren Narrheit besteht in Betrug.
Updated Brenton English Septuagint
The wisdom of the prudent will understand their ways; But the folly of fools leads astray.
Hebrew OT (WLC)
חָכְמַ֣ת עָ֭רוּם הָבִ֣ין דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וְאִוֶּ֖לֶת כְּסִילִ֣ים מִרְמָֽה׃
World English Bible
The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
World English Bible (Catholic)
The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
World English Bible British Edition
The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon
The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
World English Bible Classic
The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
World English Bible Updated
The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
World Messianic Bible
The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
World Messianic Bible British Edition
The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
Young's Literal Translation
The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, And the folly of fools [is] deceit.
SEPTUAGINTA
σοφία πανούργων ἐπιγνώσεται τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῶν, ἄνοια δὲ ἀφρόνων ἐν πλάνῃ.
Brenton Septuagint
Σοφία πανούργων ἐπιγνώσεται τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῶν, ἄνοια δὲ ἀφρόνων ἐν πλάνῃ.
Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)
Ынцелепчуня омулуй кибзуит ыл фаче сэ вадэ пе че кале сэ мяргэ, дар небуния челор несокотиць ый ыншалэ пе ей ыншишь.
Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish
Мудрість розумного — свою дорогу знати, дурнота ж безумних — збиватись із дороги.
Ukrainian Freedom Bible
Мудрість розумного — свою дорогу знати, дурнота ж безумних — збиватись із дороги.
Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)
Мудрост је паметног да пази на пут свој, а безумље је безумних превара.
Russian Synodal Bible
Мудрость разумного - знание пути своего, глупость же безрассудных - заблуждение.
Hebrew Masoretic OT
חָכְמַ֣ת עָ֭רוּם הָבִ֣ין דַּרְכֹּ֑ו וְאִוֶּ֖לֶת כְּסִילִ֣ים מִרְמָֽה׃
Modern Hebrew Bible
חכמת ערום הבין דרכו ואולת כסילים מרמה׃
Arabic Van Dyck Bible
حِكْمَةُ ٱلذَّكِيِّ فَهْمُ طَرِيقِهِ، وَغَبَاوَةُ ٱلْجُهَّالِ غِشٌّ.
Old Persion Version Bible
حکمت مرد زیرک این است که راه خود رادرک نماید، اما حماقت احمقان فریب است.
Judson Burmese Bible
ပညာ သတိရှိသောသူ ၏ပညာ ကား၊ ကိုယ် သွား ရသောလမ်း ကို သိ ခြင်းတည်း။ မိုက် သောသူ၏ မိုက် ခြင်း မူကား ၊ ပရိယာယ် တည်း။
Korean Bible 1910
슬기로운 자의 지혜는 자기의 길을 아는 것이라도 미련한 자의 어리석음은 속이는 것이니라
Japanese Freedom Bible
慎重な者の知恵は、自分の道をよく考えることにあるが、 愚かな者の愚かさは欺きである。
World Chinese Bible
谨慎人的智慧在于思想自己的道路， 愚昧人的愚妄却是欺骗。
Chinese Union Version (simplified)
通达人的智慧在乎明白己道； 愚昧人的愚妄乃是诡诈 。
Chinese Union Version (traditional)
通達人的智慧在乎明白己道； 愚昧人的愚妄乃是詭詐 。
Portuguese Bíblia Livre
A sabedoria do prudente é entender seu caminho; mas a loucura dos tolos é engano.
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Mashi Bible
Oku muntu mwenge, okucîlanga-langa buli burhimanya, ci isirhe ly’abahwinja kunali kurhebana kwône.
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German Schlachter Bible 1951
Die Weisheit läßt den Klugen merken, welchen Weg er gehen soll; aber die Torheit der Narren betrügt sie selbst.
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La Biblia en Español Sencillo
La sabiduría del hombre de buen sentido hace que su camino sea claro; pero el comportamiento imprudente de los necios es un engaño.
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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)
Entender el camino es sabiduría del sagaz, Pero la necedad de los necios es engaño.
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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible
The chochmah of the prudent is to understand his derech, but the folly of kesilim is mirmah (deceit).
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