New Revised Standard Version
Such is the fate of the foolhardy, the end of those who are pleased with their lot. Selah

Contemporary English Version
Here is what happens to fools and to those who trust the words of fools:

New American Bible
This is the way of those who trust in themselves, and the end of those who take pleasure in their own mouth. Selah

Douay-Rheims Bible
This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.

This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.

folly

Luke 12:20 But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee. And whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?

1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written: I will catch the wise in their own craftiness.

approve their sayings [heb.

Jeremiah 44:17 But we will certainly do every word that shall proceed out of our own mouth, to sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, our kings, and our princes in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and we were filled with bread, and it was well with us, and we saw no evil.

Luke 11:47,48 Woe to you who build the monuments of the prophets: and your fathers killed them. . . .

Luke 16:27,28 And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren, . . .