Ecclesiastes 10:2
Modern Translations
New International Version
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.

New Living Translation
A wise person chooses the right road; a fool takes the wrong one.

English Standard Version
A wise man’s heart inclines him to the right, but a fool’s heart to the left.

Berean Study Bible
A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.

New American Standard Bible
A wise person’s heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish person’s heart directs him toward the left.

NASB 1995
A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man's heart directs him toward the left.

NASB 1977
A wise man’s heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man’s heart directs him toward the left.

Amplified Bible
A wise man’s heart turns him toward the right [which is the way of blessing], but a fool’s heart turns him toward the left [which is the way of condemnation].

Christian Standard Bible
A wise person’s heart goes to the right, but a fool’s heart to the left.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A wise man's heart goes to the right, but a fool's heart to the left.

Contemporary English Version
Sensible thoughts lead you to do right; foolish thoughts lead you to do wrong.

Good News Translation
It is natural for the wise to do the right thing and for fools to do the wrong thing.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A wise person's heart leads the right way. The heart of a fool leads the wrong way.

International Standard Version
A wise man's heart tends toward his right, but a fool's heart tends toward his left.

NET Bible
A wise person's good sense protects him, but a fool's lack of sense leaves him vulnerable.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

New King James Version
A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, But a fool’s heart at his left.

King James 2000 Bible
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

New Heart English Bible
A wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart at his left.

World English Bible
A wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart at his left.

American King James Version
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

American Standard Version
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

A Faithful Version
A man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

Darby Bible Translation
The heart of a wise [man] is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

English Revised Version
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

Webster's Bible Translation
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart is at his left.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The heart of a wise man is at his right hand: but the heart of a foole is at his left hand.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
A wyse mans heart is vpon his right hande, but a fooles heart vpon his left.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
A wyse mans hert is vpon the right hande, but a fooles hert is vpon the left.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The heart of the wise [is] at his right hand, "" And the heart of a fool at his left.

Young's Literal Translation
The heart of the wise is at his right hand, And the heart of a fool at his left.

Smith's Literal Translation
The heart of the wise one to his right, and the heart of the foolish one to his left.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The heart of a wise man is in his right hand, and the heart of a fool is in his left hand.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The heart of a wise man is in his right hand, and the heart of a foolish man is in his left hand.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The heart of the wise is at his right hand and the heart of a fool at his left

Lamsa Bible
A wise man's heart thinks rightly; but a fool's heart thinks wrongly.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
A wise man's understanding is at his right hand; But a fool's understanding at his left.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
















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