Proverbs 30:2 — Compare All Translations

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

For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.

English ASV

Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;

English Amplified

Surely I am too brutish and stupid to be called a man, and I have not the understanding of a man [for all my secular learning is as nothing].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Surely I am too brutish and stupid to be called a man, and I have not the understanding of a man [for all my secular learning is as nothing].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

I am more stupid than any other person, and I lack a human’s ability to understand.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Truly *I* am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.

English EASY 2024

I feel more stupid than any other person. I do not understand things as other people do.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

I am stupid. I am not as smart as other people are.

Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

I am more like an animal than a human being; I do not have the sense we humans should have.

English God's Word - GW 1995

I'm more {like} a dumb animal than a human being. I don't {even} have human understanding.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

I am the least intelligent of men, and I lack man's ability to understand.

English KJV 1611

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

English LSB

Surely I am more senseless than any man, And I do not have the understanding of mankind.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Surely I am more stupid than any man, and do not have the understanding of a man.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Surely I am more stupid than any man, And I do not have the understanding of a man.

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

Why, I am the most stupid of men, and have not even human intelligence;

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

He said, "I know less than anyone. I don't understand as other men do.

English NIV

"I am the most ignorant of men; I do not have a man's understanding.

English NKJ 1982

Surely I am more stupid than any man, And do not have the understanding of a man.

English NLT

I am too ignorant to be human, and I lack common sense.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Surely I am too stupid to be human; I do not have human understanding.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

God, I’m so weary and worn out, I feel more like a beast than a man. I was made in your image, but I lack understanding.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

I am tired out, O God, and ready to die. I am too stupid even to call myself a human being!

English Tyndale 1537

For though I am the least of all, and have no man's understanding

Proverbs 30:2 — Compare Translations