Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Stay away from a fool, for you will not find knowledge on their lips. New Living Translation Stay away from fools, for you won’t find knowledge on their lips. English Standard Version Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge. Berean Standard Bible Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech. King James Bible Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. New King James Version Go from the presence of a foolish man, When you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge. New American Standard Bible Leave the presence of a fool, Or you will not discern words of knowledge. NASB 1995 Leave the presence of a fool, Or you will not discern words of knowledge. NASB 1977 Leave the presence of a fool, Or you will not discern words of knowledge. Legacy Standard Bible Leave the presence of a fool, As you have not known lips of knowledge there. Amplified Bible Leave the presence of a [shortsighted] fool, For you will not find knowledge or hear godly wisdom from his lips. Christian Standard Bible Stay away from a foolish person; you will gain no knowledge from his speech. Holman Christian Standard Bible Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech. American Standard Version Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge. Aramaic Bible in Plain English To the foolish man, everything is against him, and the lips of the wise are the weapons of knowledge. Brenton Septuagint Translation All things are adverse to a foolish man; but wise lips are the weapons of discretion. Contemporary English Version Stay away from fools, or you won't learn a thing. Douay-Rheims Bible Go against a foolish man, and he knoweth not the lips of prudence. English Revised Version Go into the presence of a foolish man, and thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge. GOD'S WORD® Translation Stay away from a fool, because you will not receive knowledge from his lips. Good News Translation Stay away from foolish people; they have nothing to teach you. International Standard Version Stay away from a foolish man, for you will not find competent advice. JPS Tanakh 1917 Go from the presence of a foolish man, for thou wilt not perceive the lips of knowledge. Literal Standard Version Go from before a foolish man, | Or you have not known the lips of knowledge. Majority Standard Bible Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech. New American Bible Go from the face of the fool; you get no knowledge from such lips. NET Bible Leave the presence of a foolish person, or you will not understand wise counsel. New Revised Standard Version Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not find words of knowledge. New Heart English Bible Stay away from a foolish man, for you won't find knowledge on his lips. Webster's Bible Translation Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. World English Bible Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips. Young's Literal Translation Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Wise Woman…6A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning. 7Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech. 8The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.… Cross References Proverbs 14:6 A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning. Proverbs 23:9 Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words. Treasury of Scripture Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceive not in him the lips of knowledge. Proverbs 9:6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. Proverbs 19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. Jump to Previous Discern Find Fool Foolish Lips Meet Perceive Perceivest Presence Wilt Won't WordsJump to Next Discern Find Fool Foolish Lips Meet Perceive Perceivest Presence Wilt Won't WordsProverbs 14 1. A wise woman builds her house(7) Go from the presence of a foolish man--(khesil)--i.e. a dull, stupid one, when the time comes that you see you can do him no good; for "evil communications corrupt good manners." Thus Samuel "came no more to see Saul," when he saw that remonstrances were unavailing with him, though he continued to "mourn" for him, remembering from what high estate he had fallen.Verse 7. - Go from the presence of a foolish man. There is some doubt about the rendering of this passage. The Vulgate gives, vade contra stultum, which is probably to be taken in the sense of the Authorized Version. The Revised Version has, "Go into the presence of a foolish man." The Hebrew מִנֶּגֶד (minneged) may mean "from before," "over against," "in the presence of." Hence arises an ambiguity. The Authorized Version considers the sentence to be an injunction to turn away from a stupid man when you perceive that you can do him no good. The Revised Version is equivalent to "if you go into the presence," etc. When thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge; Revised Version, and thou shalt not perceive in him, etc., which embodies a truism with no special point. The whole sentence is better translated, Go forth from the presence of a foolish man, and thou hast not known the lips of knowledge; i.e., as Nowack explains, "Leave the presence of a fool, and you carry nothing away with you; after all your intercourse with him, you quit his presence without having gained any advance in true knowledge" (see on Proverbs 20:15). The LXX. presents a very different version: "All things are adverse to a foolish man; but wise lips are the arms of knowledge (αἰσθήσεως)." A foolish man, by his inconsiderate, slanderous, or bitter words, makes every one his enemy; a wise man uses his knowledge to good purposes; his words are the instruments by which he shows what he is. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Stay awayלֵ֣ךְ (lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk from מִ֭נֶּגֶד (min·ne·ḡeḏ) Preposition-m Strong's 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before a foolish כְּסִ֑יל (kə·sîl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool man; לְאִ֣ישׁ (lə·’îš) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person you will gain יָ֝דַ֗עְתָּ (yā·ḏa‘·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3045: To know no וּבַל־ (ū·ḇal-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 1077: A failure, nothing, not at all, lest knowledge דָֽעַת׃ (ḏā·‘aṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1847: Knowledge from his speech. שִׂפְתֵי־ (śip̄·ṯê-) Noun - fdc Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin Links Proverbs 14:7 NIVProverbs 14:7 NLT Proverbs 14:7 ESV Proverbs 14:7 NASB Proverbs 14:7 KJV Proverbs 14:7 BibleApps.com Proverbs 14:7 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 14:7 Chinese Bible Proverbs 14:7 French Bible Proverbs 14:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 14:7 Stay away from a foolish man (Prov. 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