Proverbs 21:22 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²² A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, And bringeth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, And casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² A wise man scales the city walls of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, And bringeth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

Common English Bible

²² A wise person fought a city of warriors and brought down the stronghold in which they felt safe.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² The wise has ascended the city of the strong, and he has torn down the bulwark of its confidence.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² The wise man hath scaled the city of the strong, and hath cast down the strength of the confidence thereof.

Proverbs 21:22 Cross References

Proverbs 24:5

A wise man is strong; Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth might.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers which are in a city.