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Proverbs 1:22

“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

KJV

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Commentary

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עַד־'ad-untilH5704
מָתַ֣י׀ma.Taiwhen?H4970
פְּתָיִם֮pe.ta.YimO naive peopleH6612
תְּֽאֵהֲב֫וּte.'e.ha.Vuwill you loveH157
פֶ֥תִיFe.tinaiveteH6612
וְלֵצִ֗יםve.le.Tzimand mockersH3887
לָ֭צוֹןLa.tzonmockeryH3944
חָמְד֣וּcha.me.Dudo they delight in?H2530
לָהֶ֑םla.Hem<for> themselves
וּ֝כְסִילִ֗יםu.khe.si.Limand foolsH3684
יִשְׂנְאוּ־yis.ne.'u-will they hate?H8130
דָֽעַת׃Da.'atknowledgeH1847

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain