| Proverbs 10:23 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Doing wickedness is like sport to a fool, And so is wisdom to a man of understanding. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Like the laughter of a fool when he carries out an evil plan, so is wisdom to a person who has understanding.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom. |
| ASV: | It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And'so is wisdom to a man of understanding. |
| BBE: | It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom. |
| DBY: | It is as sport to a foolish man to do wickedness; but a man of understanding hath wisdom. |
| ERV: | It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness: and so is wisdom to a man of understanding. |
| JPS: | It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness, and so is wisdom to a man of discernment. |
| WBS: | It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom. |
| WEB: | It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure. |
| YLT: | To execute inventions is as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding. |
| Proverbs 10:23 Cross References |
| XREF: | Proverbs 2:14 Who delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
Proverbs 15:21 Folly is joy to him who lacks sense, But a man of understanding walks straight. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| MHC: | 10:22. That wealth which is truly desirable, has no vexation of spirit in the enjoyment; no grief for the loss; no guilt by the abuse of it. What comes from the love of God, has the grace of God for its companion. 23. Only foolish and wicked men divert themselves with doing harm to others, or tempting to sin. 24. The largest desire of eternal blessings the righteous can form, will be granted. 25. The course of prosperous sinners is like a whirlwind, which soon spends itself, and is gone. 26. As vinegar sets the teeth on edge, and as the smoke causes the eyes to smart, so the sluggard vexes his employer. 27,28. What man is he that loves life? Let him fear God, and that will secure to him life enough in this world, and eternal life in the other. |
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