Proverbs 16:22

American Standard Version (1901)

Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is their folly.

ASV Byzantine Text

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is their folly.

Asang Khongca Bible

Palunghahaih tawn kami loe hinghaih tuipuek ah oh; toe kamthu thuitaekhaih lok loe amthuhaih ah ni oh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Lungmingnah te a kungmah la aka khueh long tah hingnah thunsih la om tih, aka ang rhoek kah thuituennah tah anglat la poeh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Lungmingnah te a kungmah la aka khueh long tah hingnah thunsih la om tih, aka ang rhoek kah thuituennah tah anglat la poeh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

He punawai ola ka naauao i ka mea nona ia; O ke aoia mai o ka poe lapuwale, he lapuwale no ia.

English Berean Standard Bible

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Moun ki gen bon konprann gen lavi. Men, moun sòt ap toujou sòt.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Fons vitæ eruditio possidentis; doctrina stultorum fatuitas.]

Bible in Basic English

Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

L’intelligence est une fontaine de vie pour ceux qui la possèdent, mais l’instruction des fous est folie.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Rozumnost těm, kdož ji mají, jest pramen života, ale umění bláznů jest bláznovství.

Kosraean Bible

Etauk el sie unon lun moul nu selos su lalmwetmet, a kom fin srike in luti mwet lalfon, kom sisla pacl lom ke wangin.

World Portuguese Bible

O entendimento é fonte de vida para quem o possui, mas o castigo dos tolos é a sua própria tolice.

Romanian BTF Bible

Înțelegerea este un izvor de viață pentru cel ce o are, dar instruirea nechibzuiților este nechibzuință.

Brenton English Septuagint

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessors; but the instruction of fools is evil.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ဥာဏ်ပညာကိုရသော သူသည် အသက်စမ်းရေ တွင်းကိုရ၏။ မိုက်သောသူတို့၏ သွန်သင်ခြင်းမူကား၊ မိုက်ခြင်းဖြစ်၏။

Darby Translation

Wisdom is a fountain of life for him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Einsicht ist für ihre Besitzer ein Born des Lebens, aber die Züchtigung der Narren ist die Narrheit.

Dutch Bible 1917

Het verstand dergenen, die het bezitten, is een springader des levens; maar de tucht der dwazen is dwaasheid.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Inzicht is een levensbron voor wie het bezit, Dwazen worden met dwaasheid bestraft.

Italian Diodati Bible

Il senno è una fonte di vita in coloro che ne son dotati; Ma l'ammaestramento degli stolti è stoltizia.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it: the instruction of fools is foolishness.

Geneva Bible 1599

Vnderstading is welspring of life vnto them that haue it: and the instruction of fooles is folly.

Noyes Bible

Understanding is a wellspring of life to him that hath it. And the chastisement of fools is their folly.

Danish Bible 1931

Kløgt er sin Mand en Livsens Kilde, Dårskab er Dårers Tugt.

Leeser Tanakh

Intelligence is a source of life unto its possessor; but the correction of fools is folly.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Understanding is a fountain of life unto him that hath it; but folly is the chastisement of fools.

King James Version

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Người có được thông sáng, tức có được nguồn sự sống; Nhưng sự điên dại của kẻ ngu muội, ấy là sự sửa phạt của nó.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: But the instruction of fools is folly.

Revised West Version

Ko e faʻa ʻilo ko e matavai ia ʻoe moʻui kiate ia ʻoku maʻu ia: ka ko e akonaki mei he vale ko e vale pe ia.

French Ostervald Bible

La prudence est à ceux qui la possèdent une source de vie; mais le châtiment des insensés, c'est leur folie.

Esperanto Bible

Saĝo estas fonto de vivo por sia posedanto; Sed la instruo de malsaĝuloj estas malsaĝeco.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

La sagesse est une source de vie pour celui qui la possède; Et le châtiment des insensés, c’est leur folie.

German Luther Bible 1912

Klugheit ist wie ein Brunnen des Lebens dem, der sie hat; aber die Zucht der Narren ist Narrheit.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessors; but the instruction of fools is evil.

British English Septuagint 2012

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessors; but the instruction of fools is evil.

Majority Standard BIble

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.

Webster Bible

Understanding is a well-spring of life to him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

Revised Version

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the correction of fools is their folly.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Il senno, per chi lo possiede, è fonte di vita, ma la stoltezza è il castigo degli stolti.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

L'intelligence est une source de vie pour celui qui la possède, mais le châtiment des insensés, c'est leur propre folie.

Reina Valera 1909

Manantial de vida es el entendimiento al que lo posee: mas la erudición de los necios es necedad.

Spanish BLL

Manantial de vida es el entendimiento al que lo posee, mas la erudición de los necios es necedad.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Manantial de vida es el entendimiento al que lo posee, mas la erudición de los necios es necedad.

Croatian Bible

Izvor je životni razum onima koji ga imaju, a ludima je kazna njihova ludost.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Izvor je životu razum onima koji ga imaju, a nauka bezumnih bezumlje je.

German Textbibel

Ein Born des Lebens ist die Klugheit für den, der sie besitzt, aber der Narren Züchtigung ist die Narrheit.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessors; But the instruction of fools is evil.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

מְק֣וֹר חַ֭יִּים שֵׂ֣כֶל בְּעָלָ֑יו וּמוּסַ֖ר אֱוִלִ֣ים אִוֶּֽלֶת׃

World English Bible

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

World English Bible (Catholic)

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

World English Bible British Edition

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

World English Bible Classic

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

World English Bible Updated

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

World Messianic Bible

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

Young's Literal Translation

A fountain of life [is] understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.

SEPTUAGINTA

πηγὴ ζωῆς ἔννοια τοῖς κεκτημένοις, παιδεία δὲ ἀφρόνων κακή.

Brenton Septuagint

Πηγὴ ζωῆς ἔννοια τοῖς κεκτημένοις, παιδεία δὲ ἀφρόνων κακή.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Ынцелепчуня есте ун извор де вяцэ пентру чине о аре, дар педяпса небунилор есте небуния лор.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Криниця жизняна — розум у розумних, а ученість безумних — дурощі.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Криниця жизняна — розум у розумних, а ученість безумних — дурощі.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Извор је животу разум онима који га имају, а наука безумних безумље је.

Russian Synodal Bible

Разум для имеющих его - источник жизни, а ученость глупых - глупость.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

מְקֹ֣ור חַ֭יִּים שֵׂ֣כֶל בְּעָלָ֑יו וּמוּסַ֖ר אֱוִלִ֣ים אִוֶּֽלֶת׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

מקור חיים שכל בעליו ומוסר אולים אולת׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

ٱلْفِطْنَةُ يَنْبُوعُ حَيَاةٍ لِصَاحِبِهَا، وَتَأْدِيبُ ٱلْحَمْقَى حَمَاقَةٌ.

Old Persion Version Bible

عقل برای صاحبش چشمه حیات‌است، اما تادیب احمقان، حماقت است.

Judson Burmese Bible

ဉာဏ် ပညာကိုရ သောသူသည် အသက် စမ်းရေ တွင်း ကိုရ၏။ မိုက် သောသူတို့၏ သွန်သင် ခြင်းမူကား ၊ မိုက် ခြင်းဖြစ်၏။

Korean Bible 1910

명철한 자에게는 그 명철이 생명의 샘이 되거니와 미련한 자에게는 그 미련한 것이 징계가 되느니라

Japanese Freedom Bible

悟りは、それを持つ者にとって命の泉であるが、 愚かな者への罰は、その愚かさである。

World Chinese Bible

聪明是拥有它之人的生命泉源， 但愚昧人的惩罚就是他们的愚昧。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

人有智慧就有生命的泉源； 愚昧人必被愚昧惩治。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

人有智慧就有生命的泉源； 愚昧人必被愚昧懲治。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Manancial de vida é o entendimento, para queles que o possuem; mas a instrução dos tolos é loucura.

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Mashi Bible

Obwîrhonzi kuciza buciza nnabwo, isirhe ly’abahwinja bwo na buhane bwâbo.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Wer Klugheit besitzt, hat eine Quelle des Lebens; aber mit ihrer Dummheit strafen sich die Narren selbst.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

La sabiduría es una fuente de vida para el que la tiene; pero el castigo de los necios es su comportamiento necio.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Manantial de vida es el entendimiento para el que lo posee, Pero el castigo de los necios es su misma necedad.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

Seichel is a Makor Chayyim unto him that hath it, but the musar (instruction, discipline) of fools is folly.

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