| Proverbs 17:16 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, When he has no sense? (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he doesn't have a mind to grasp anything?(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? |
| ASV: | Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding? |
| BBE: | How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense? |
| DBY: | To what purpose is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no sense? |
| ERV: | Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding? |
| JPS: | Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding? |
| WBS: | Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? |
| WEB: | Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he has no understanding? |
| YLT: | Why is this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none? |
| Proverbs 17:16 Cross References |
| XREF: | Proverbs 23:23 Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom and instruction and understanding. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 17:16 Why [is there] a {g} price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?
{g} What good does it do the wicked to be rich, seeing he does not set his mind to wisdom? |
| WES: | 17:16 A price - Opportunities and abilities of getting it. No heart - Neither discretion to discern the worth of wisdom, nor any sincere desire to get it. |
| MHC: | 17:8. Those who set their hearts upon money, will do any thing for it. What influence should the gifts of God have on our hearts! 9. The way to preserve peace is to make the best of every thing; not to notice what has been said or done against ourselves. 10. A gentle reproof will enter, not only into the head, but into the heart of a wise man. 11. Satan, and the messengers of Satan, shall be let loose upon an evil man. 12. Let us watch over our own passions, and avoid the company of furious men. 13. To render evil for good is devilish. He that does so, brings a curse upon his family. 14. What danger there is in the beginning of strife! Resist its earliest display; and leave it off, if it were possible, before you begin. 15. It is an offence to God to acquit the guilty, or to condemn those who are not guilty. 16. Man's neglect of God's favour and his own interest is very absurd. 17. No change of outward circumstances should abate our affection for our friends or relatives. But no friend, except Christ, deserves unlimited confidence. In Him this text did receive, and still receives its most glorious fulfilment. 18. Let not any wrong their families. Yet Christ's becoming Surety for men, was a glorious display of Divine wisdom; for he was able to discharge the bond. |
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