Solomon’s Proverbs: The Wise Son
Proverbs 10:23
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.
- KJV
- It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
- WEB
- It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.
- ASV
- It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And so is wisdom to a man of understanding.
- LSV
- To execute inventions [is] as play to a fool, || And wisdom to a man of understanding.
- YLT
- To execute inventions [is] as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.
- DBY
- It is as sport to a foolish [man] to do wickedness; but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
- DRC
- A fool worketh mischief as it were for sport: but wisdom is prudence to a man.
- GNV
- It is as a pastime to a foole to doe wickedly: but wisedome is vnderstanding to a man.
- JPS
- It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness, and so is wisdom to a man of discernment.
- LXXE
- A fool does mischief in sport; but wisdom brings forth prudence for a man.Gr. laughter.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- כִּשְׂח֣וֹק לִ֭כְסִיל עֲשׂ֣וֹת זִמָּ֑ה וְ֝חָכְמָ֗ה לְאִ֣ישׁ תְּבוּנָֽה׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἐν γέλωτι ἄφρων πράσσει κακὰ, ἡ δὲ σοφία ἀνδρὶ τίκτει φρόνησιν.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 15:21Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.
- Proverbs 14:9Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.
- Proverbs 2:14from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
- Proverbs 26:18–19Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows, so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
- Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to…
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