Parallel Verses
- New International Reader's Version - Wisdom is too high for foolish people. They shouldn’t speak when people meet at the city gate to conduct business.
- 新标点和合本 - 智慧极高，非愚昧人所能及， 所以在城门内不敢开口。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 对愚妄人，智慧高不可及， 所以他在城门不敢开口。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 对愚妄人，智慧高不可及， 所以他在城门不敢开口。
- 当代译本 - 智慧对愚人高不可及， 他在城门口沉默不语。
- 圣经新译本 - 智慧对愚妄人来说是太高超， 因此他在城门口哑口无言。
- 中文标准译本 - 智慧对愚妄人是高深的； 所以愚妄人在城门内开不了口。
- 现代标点和合本 - 智慧极高，非愚昧人所能及， 所以在城门内不敢开口。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 智慧极高，非愚昧人所能及， 所以在城门内不敢开口。
- New International Version - Wisdom is too high for fools; in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.
- English Standard Version - Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.
- New Living Translation - Wisdom is too lofty for fools. Among leaders at the city gate, they have nothing to say.
- The Message - Wise conversation is way over the head of fools; in a serious discussion they haven’t a clue.
- Christian Standard Bible - Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool; he does not open his mouth at the city gate.
- New American Standard Bible - Wisdom is too exalted for a fool, He does not open his mouth at the gate.
- New King James Version - Wisdom is too lofty for a fool; He does not open his mouth in the gate.
- Amplified Bible - Wisdom is too exalted for a [hardened, arrogant] fool; He does not open his mouth in the gate [where the city’s rulers sit in judgment].
- American Standard Version - Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.
- King James Version - Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
- New English Translation - Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.
- World English Bible - Wisdom is too high for a fool. He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.
- 新標點和合本 - 智慧極高，非愚昧人所能及， 所以在城門內不敢開口。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 對愚妄人，智慧高不可及， 所以他在城門不敢開口。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 對愚妄人，智慧高不可及， 所以他在城門不敢開口。
- 當代譯本 - 智慧對愚人高不可及， 他在城門口沉默不語。
- 聖經新譯本 - 智慧對愚妄人來說是太高超， 因此他在城門口啞口無言。
- 呂振中譯本 - 智慧極高 、不是愚妄人所能及； 愚妄人 在城門內不 敢 開口。
- 中文標準譯本 - 智慧對愚妄人是高深的； 所以愚妄人在城門內開不了口。
- 現代標點和合本 - 智慧極高，非愚昧人所能及， 所以在城門內不敢開口。
- 文理和合譯本 - 智慧極高、蠢者莫及、故在邑門、不啟其口、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 道其高矣哉、愚人不能企及、在公庭不知所措詞。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 愚人視智慧、高不可及、故在公庭、 公庭原文作城門 不敢啟口、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - La sabiduría no está al alcance del necio, que en la asamblea del pueblo nada tiene que decir.
- 현대인의 성경 - 지혜는 미련한 자들이 도달하기에는 너무 높은 수준에 있으므로 중요한 문제가 토론될 때 그들은 아무것도 할 말이 없다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Мудрость слишком возвышена для глупцов; в собрании у ворот нечего им сказать.
- Восточный перевод - Мудрость слишком возвышенна для глупцов; в собрании у ворот нечего им сказать.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Мудрость слишком возвышенна для глупцов; в собрании у ворот нечего им сказать.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Мудрость слишком возвышенна для глупцов; в собрании у ворот нечего им сказать.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Pour l’insensé, la sagesse est trop élevée ; c’est pourquoi, il n’ouvre pas la bouche dans l’assemblée aux portes de la ville .
- リビングバイブル - 神に背く者には、知恵は高すぎて買えません。 だから、人前で意見を言わせてもらえません。
- Nova Versão Internacional - A sabedoria é elevada demais para o insensato; ele não sabe o que dizer nas assembleias.
- Hoffnung für alle - Für den Dummkopf ist Weisheit unerreichbar; wenn man im Rat der Stadt wichtige Dinge bespricht, dann muss er den Mund halten!
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Với người dại, khôn ngoan là điều cao xa quá. Nơi cổng thành, nó chẳng dám hé miệng ra.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - สติปัญญาอยู่สูงเกินเอื้อมสำหรับคนโง่ เขาไม่ควรเปิดปากพูดในที่ประชุมที่ประตูเมือง
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - สติปัญญามีค่าสูงเกินไปสำหรับคนโง่ และที่ประตูเมืองเขาก็ไม่อาจเปิดปากพูด
Cross Reference
- Proverbs 31:8 - Speak up for those who can’t speak for themselves. Speak up for the rights of all those who are poor.
- Proverbs 31:9 - Speak up and judge fairly. Speak up for the rights of those who are poor and needy.
- Job 5:4 - Their children aren’t safe at all. They lose their case in court. No one speaks up for them.
- Proverbs 22:22 - Don’t take advantage of poor people just because they are poor. Don’t treat badly those who are in need by taking them to court.
- Psalm 92:5 - Lord, how great are the things you do! How wise your thoughts are!
- Psalm 92:6 - Here is something that people without sense don’t know. Here is what foolish people don’t understand.
- Proverbs 15:24 - The path of life leads up for those who are wise. It keeps them from going down to the place of the dead.
- Job 31:21 - Suppose I’ve raised my hand against children whose fathers have died. And I did it because I knew I had power in the courts.
- Isaiah 29:21 - Without any proof, they claim that a person is guilty. In court they try to trap the one who speaks up for others. By using dishonest witnesses they keep people who aren’t guilty from being treated fairly.
- Amos 5:12 - I know how many crimes you have committed. You have sinned far too much. Among you are people who crush those who have done no wrong. They accept money from people who want special favors. They take away the rights of poor people in the courts.
- Amos 5:10 - There are people among you who hate anyone who stands for justice in court. They hate those who tell the truth.
- Proverbs 17:24 - Anyone who understands what is right keeps wisdom in view. But the eyes of a foolish person look everywhere else.
- Amos 5:15 - Hate evil and love good. Do what is fair in the courts. Perhaps the Lord God who rules over all will have mercy on you. After all, you are the only ones left in the family line of Joseph.
- Job 29:7 - “In those days I went to the city gate. I took my seat as a member of the council.
- Job 29:8 - Young people who saw me stepped to one side. Old people stood up as I approached.
- Job 29:9 - The leaders stopped speaking. They covered their mouths with their hands.
- Job 29:10 - The voices of the nobles became quiet. Their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
- Job 29:11 - Everyone who heard me said good things about me. Those who saw me honored me.
- Job 29:12 - That’s because I saved poor people who cried out for help. I saved helpless children whose fathers had died.
- Job 29:13 - Those who were dying gave me their blessing. I made the hearts of widows sing.
- Job 29:14 - I put on a godly life as if it were my clothes. Fairness was my robe and my turban.
- Job 29:15 - I was like eyes for those who were blind. I was like feet for those who couldn’t walk.
- Job 29:16 - I was like a father to needy people. I stood up for strangers in court.
- Job 29:17 - Sinners are like animals that have powerful teeth. But I took from their mouths the people they had caught.
- Job 29:18 - “I thought, ‘I’ll die in my own house. The days of my life will be as many as the grains of sand.
- Job 29:19 - My roots will reach down to the water. The dew will lie all night on my branches.
- Job 29:20 - I will remain healthy and strong. My bow will stay as good as new in my hand.’
- Job 29:21 - “People wanted to hear what I had to say. They waited silently for the advice I gave them.
- Job 29:22 - After I had spoken, they didn’t speak anymore. My words fell gently on their ears.
- Job 29:23 - They waited for me just as they would wait for rain showers. They drank my words just as they would drink the spring rain.
- Job 29:24 - When I smiled at them, they could hardly believe it. The light of my face lifted their spirits.
- Job 29:25 - I chose the way they should go. I sat as their chief. I lived as a king lives among his troops. I was like someone who comforts those who are sad.
- 1 Corinthians 2:14 - The person without the Spirit doesn’t accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. These things are foolish to them. They can’t understand them. In fact, such things can’t be understood without the Spirit’s help.
- Psalm 10:5 - Everything always goes well for him. So he is proud. He doesn’t want to have anything to do with God’s laws. He makes fun of all his enemies.
- Proverbs 14:6 - Those who make fun of others look for wisdom and don’t find it. But knowledge comes easily to those who understand what is right.