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Wisedome is too high for a foole: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
- 1611 King James Bible
Other Translations of Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
- King James Version (Pure Cambridge 'Authorized Version')
Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.
- Basic English Bible
Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.
- Darby Bible
Wisdom is too high for a fool, in the gate he shall not open his mouth.
- Douay Rheims Bible
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
- Webster's Bible
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn't open his mouth in the gate.
- World English Bible
Wisdom [is] high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wisdom is as unattainable to a fool as corals; he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
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View Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 24:7
24:7 A fool - For a wicked man, whose sins enfeeble his mind, and make it incapable of wisdom. Openeth not - He knows not how to speak acceptably, and profitably in the publick assembly.
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