Proverbs 26:16 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes and conceit than seven men who can render a reason and answer discreetly.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Lazy people think they are wiser than seven people who answer sensibly.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ The lazy one seems wiser to himself than seven men speaking judgments.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.

Proverbs 26:16 Marejeleo ya Msalaba

Proverbs 12:15

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: But he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

Proverbs 26:12

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 27:11

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

1 Peter 3:15

but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: