Proverbs 13:16 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Every prudent one dealeth with knowledge, And a fool spreadeth out folly.

English ASV

Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth his folly.

English Amplified

Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a [self-confident] fool exposes and flaunts his folly.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a [self-confident] fool exposes and flaunts his folly.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Every sensible person acts knowledgeably, but a fool displays his stupidity.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Every prudent [man] acteth with knowledge; but the foolish layeth open [his] folly.

English EASY 2024

Careful people need to understand what they are doing. But a fool quickly shows how foolish he is.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Wise people always think before they do anything, but fools show how stupid they are by what they do.

In everything the prudent acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Sensible people always think before they act, but stupid people advertise their ignorance.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Any sensible person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays stupidity.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Every sensible person acts knowledgeably, but a fool displays his stupidity.

English KJV 1611

Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

English LSB

Every prudent man acts with knowledge, But a fool spreads out folly.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Every prudent man acts with knowledge, But a fool displays folly.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

The shrewd man does everything with prudence, but the fool peddles folly.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Wise people act in keeping with the knowledge they have. But foolish people show how foolish they are.

English NIV

Every prudent man acts out of knowledge, but a fool exposes his folly.

English NKJ 1982

Every prudent man acts with knowledge, But a fool lays open his folly.

English NLT

Wise people think before they act; fools don't and even brag about it!

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The clever do all things intelligently, but the fool displays folly.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Everything a wise and shrewd man does comes from a source of revelation-knowledge, but the behavior of a fool puts foolishness on parade!

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

In everything a prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

A wise man thinks ahead; a fool doesn't and even brags about it!

English Tyndale 1537

A wise man doth all things with discretion, but a fool will declare his folly.

Proverbs 13:16 — Compare Translations