A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
WEB
A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
YLT
A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent is easy.
DBT
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and there is none [for him]; but knowledge is easy unto the intelligent.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.