Proverbs 24:7 - Compare All Versions

Proverbs 24:7 MSG (The Message)

Wise conversation is way over the head of fools; in a serious discussion they haven’t a clue.

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

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

Foolish people cannot understand wisdom. They have nothing to say in a discussion.

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

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

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

¶Wisdom is too exalted for a [hardened, arrogant] fool; He does not open his mouth in the gate [where the city’s rulers sit in judgment].

Wisdom is too lofty for fools. Among leaders at the city gate, they have nothing to say.

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

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