[To the Chief Musician upon shoshannim, for the Sons of Korah, a maschil, a song of loves.] My heart is overflowing with a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made concerning the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready scribe.
Proverbs 15:2 - King James 2000 The tongue of the wise uses knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: But the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of the [self-confident] fool pours out folly. American Standard Version (1901) The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly. Common English Bible The tongue of the wise enhances knowledge, but the mouth of a fool gushes with stupidity. Catholic Public Domain Version The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge. But the mouth of the senseless gushes with foolishness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly. |
[To the Chief Musician upon shoshannim, for the Sons of Korah, a maschil, a song of loves.] My heart is overflowing with a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made concerning the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready scribe.
Behold, they bellow out with their mouths: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, does hear?
A prudent man conceals knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.
Every prudent man deals with knowledge: but a fool lays open his folly.
A man has joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
The heart of the righteous studies to answer: but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish does not so.
The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.
That you may preserve discretion, and that your lips may keep knowledge.
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
For a dream comes through much business; and a fool's voice is known by a multitude of words.
The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as the learned.