‘How long, inexperienced ones, will you love ignorance? How long will you mockers enjoy mocking and you fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 22:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised A sensible person sees danger and takes cover, but the inexperienced keep going and are punished. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: But the simple pass on, and are punished. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished [with suffering]. American Standard Version (1901) A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it. Common English Bible Prudent people see trouble and hide, while the simpleminded go right to it and get punished. Catholic Public Domain Version The clever saw evil and hid himself. The innocent continued on and was afflicted with damage. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed on, and suffered loss. |
‘How long, inexperienced ones, will you love ignorance? How long will you mockers enjoy mocking and you fools hate knowledge?
A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool is easily angered and is careless.
A sensible person sees danger and takes cover; the inexperienced keep going and are punished.
One who becomes stiff-necked, after many reprimands will be shattered instantly – beyond recovery.
I saw among the inexperienced, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking sense.
By faith Noah, after he was warned about what was not yet seen and motivated by godly fear, built an ark to deliver his family. By faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.