Pro ProverbsOrdspråksboken, chapterkapitel Proverbs of SolomonOrdspråksboken, chapterkapitel 17

Ordspråksboken 17:16 i olika översättningar

Engelska

KJV (66 books) +2 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

ASV +2 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?

BSB +1 Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?

DRA What doth it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom? He that maketh his house high, seeketh a downfall: and he that refuseth to learn, shall fall into evils.

FBV Is there any point in stupid people trying to buy wisdom when they don't want to learn?

GNV Wherefore is there a price in the hand of the foole to get wisdome, and he hath none heart?

LSV Why [is] this—a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, || And a heart—there is none?

NASB Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, When he has no sense? NASB 2020

NIV (US) +1 Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom, when they are not able to understand it?

OJB Why is there the purchase price in the yad of a kesil (fool) to acquire chochmah, seeing he hath no lev for it?

T4T It is useless to allow foolish people [RHQ] to try to become wise by paying for it, because they do not have enough good sense to become wise.

WEB (US) +7 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

Svenska

SRB26 Vad hjälper pengar i dårens hand? Kan han köpa vishet när han saknar vett?

SKB Till vilken nytta är pengar i en dåres hand eftersom han inte har någon vilja (längtan, hjärta) att lära sig? [Vishet kan inte köpas, se Job 28:15-19; den kommer genom att följa Guds väg och att vörda Herren, se Ords 1:28-33. En vanlig källa till konflikt mellan vänner är pengar, temat återkommer i vers 18.]