The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul:\par\tab The testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple.
Proverbs 8:5 - American Standard Version 2015 O ye simple, understand prudence;\par\tab And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O ye simple, understand wisdom: And, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O you simple and thoughtless ones, understand prudence; you [self-confident] fools, be of an understanding heart. [Isa. 32:6.] American Standard Version (1901) O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart. Common English Bible Understand skill, you who are naive. Take this to heart, you fools. Catholic Public Domain Version O little ones, understand discernment. And you who are unwise, turn your souls. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version O little ones, understand subtilty, and ye unwise, take notice. |
The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul:\par\tab The testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple.
Consider, ye brutish among the people;\par\tab And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?\par\tab And scoffers delight them in scoffing,\par\tab And fools hate knowledge?
For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them,\par\tab And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
To give prudence to the simple,\par\tab To the young man knowledge and discretion:
The wise shall inherit glory;\par\tab But shame shall be the promotion of fools.\par
I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling,\par\tab And find out knowledge {\i and} discretion.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:\par\tab As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man; he will stir up {\i his} zeal like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout aloud; he will do mightily against his enemies.\par
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.}
and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, {\i yea} and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are: