Proverbs 24:7 - Compare All Versions
Proverbs 24:7 NIV (New International Version)
Wisdom is too high for fools; in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.
Proverbs 24:7 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.
Proverbs 24:7 NLT (New Living Translation)
Wisdom is too lofty for fools. Among leaders at the city gate, they have nothing to say.
Proverbs 24:7 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool; he does not open his mouth at the city gate.
Proverbs 24:7 KJV (King James Version)
Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Proverbs 24:7 NKJV (New King James Version)
Wisdom is too lofty for a fool; He does not open his mouth in the gate.
Proverbs 24:7 MSG (The Message)
Wise conversation is way over the head of fools; in a serious discussion they haven’t a clue.
Proverbs 24:7 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
¶Wisdom is too exalted for a fool, He does not open his mouth at the gate.
Proverbs 24:7 AMP (Amplified Bible)
¶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].
Proverbs 24:7 NET (New English Translation)
Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.