Proverbs 24:7 — Compare All Translations

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

Wisdom [is] high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.

English ASV

Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

English Amplified

Wisdom is too high for a fool; he opens not his mouth in the gate [where the city's rulers sit in judgment].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Wisdom is too high for a fool; he opens not his mouth in the gate [where the city's rulers sit in judgment].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool; he does not open his mouth at the city gate.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Wisdom is too high for a fool: he will not open his mouth in the gate.

English EASY 2024

—22— A fool cannot understand wisdom. He has nothing to say when leaders meet.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Fools cannot understand wisdom. They have nothing to say when people are discussing important things. — 23 —

Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Wise sayings are too deep for stupid people to understand. They have nothing to say when important matters are being discussed.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Matters of wisdom are beyond the grasp of a stubborn fool. At the city gate he does not open his mouth.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool; he does not open his mouth at the gate.

English KJV 1611

Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

English LSB

Wisdom is too exalted for an ignorant fool, He does not open his mouth in the gate.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Wisdom is too lofty for a fool; he opens not his mouth in the gate.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Wisdom is too exalted for a fool, He does not open his mouth in the gate.

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

For a fool, to be silent is wisdom; not to open his mouth at the gate.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Wisdom is too high for anyone who is foolish. He has nothing to say when people meet at the city gate to conduct business.

English NIV

Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the assembly at the gate he has nothing to say.

English NKJ 1982

Wisdom is too lofty for a fool; He does not open his mouth in the gate.

English NLT

Wisdom is too much for a fool. When the leaders gather, the fool has nothing to say.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Wisdom is too high for fools; in the gate they do not open their mouths.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Wisdom is a treasure too lofty for a quarreling fool — he’ll have nothing to say when leaders gather together.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Wisdom is too much for a rebel. He'll not be chosen as a counselor!

English Tyndale 1537

Wisdom is an high thing, yea even to the fool, for he dare not open his mouth in the gate.

Proverbs 24:7 — Compare Translations