Proverbs 19:2 Desire without knowledge is not good-- how much more will hasty feet miss the way!

◄ Proverbs 19:2 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
Desire without knowledge is not good-- how much more will hasty feet miss the way!

English Standard Version
Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.

New American Standard Bible
Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge, And he who hurries his footsteps errs.

King James Bible
Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Even zeal is not good without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily sins.

International Standard Version
Furthermore, it isn't good to be ignorant, and whoever rushes into things misses the mark.

American Standard Version
Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Where there is no knowledge of the soul, there is no good: and he that is hasty with his feet shall stumble.

Darby Bible Translation
Also that a person be without knowledge is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet maketh false steps.

Young's Literal Translation
Also, without knowledge the soul is not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

19:1 A poor man who fears God, is more honourable and happy, than a man without wisdom and grace, however rich or advanced in rank. 2. What good can the soul do, if without knowledge? And he sins who will not take time to ponder the path of his feet.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

2. The last illustrates the first clause. Rashness, the result of ignorance, brings trouble.