“How long will you naïve ones love simplicity, you scoffers delight in scoffing, and you fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 22:3 - Tree of Life Version A crafty person sees danger and hides, but the naïve keep going and suffer for it. 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 will you naïve ones love simplicity, you scoffers delight in scoffing, and you fools hate knowledge?
The wise fears and turns away from evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.
The prudent see danger and hide, but the naïve keep going and pay the penalty.
One who remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed— without remedy.
I saw among the naïve, I noticed among the youth, a young man lacking understanding,
By faith Noah, when warned about events not yet seen, in holy fear prepared an ark for the safety of his household. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
So by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.