Legacy Standard Bible
To understand a proverb and an enigma,The words of the wise and their riddles.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
To understand a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches.
Darby Translation
to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.
New King James Version
To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise and their riddles.
Literal Translation
to understand a proverb and an enigma; the words of the wise, and their acute sayings.
Easy-to-Read Version
These sayings will help you understand proverbs, stories with hidden meanings, words of the wise, and other difficult sayings.
World English Bible
To understand a proverb, and parables, The words and riddles of the wise.
King James Version (1611)
To vnderstand a prouerbe, and the interpretation; the wordes of the wise, and their darke sayings.
King James Version
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
he shal be more apte to vnderstonde a parable, and the interpretacion therof: the wordes of the wyse, and the darcke speaches of the same.
Amplified Bible
To understand a proverb and a figure [of speech] or an enigma with its interpretation, And the words of the wise and their riddles [that require reflection].
American Standard Version
To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Bible in Basic English
To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.
Update Bible Version
To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Webster's Bible Translation
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
New English Translation
To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable, the sayings of the wise and their riddles.
Contemporary English Version
proverbs and sayings, as well as words of wisdom and all kinds of riddles.
Complete Jewish Bible
he will understand proverbs, obscure expressions, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
Geneva Bible (1587)
To vnderstand a parable, & the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.
George Lamsa Translation
To understand proverbs and figures of speech; the words of the wise and their dark sayings.
Hebrew Names Version
To understand a proverb, and parables, The words and riddles of the wise.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
To understand a proverb, and a figure; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
New Living Translation
by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables, the words of the wise and their riddles.
New Life Bible
to understand a saying and a picture-story, the words of the wise and what they mean.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and will understand a parable, and a dark speech; the saying of the wise also, and riddles.
English Revised Version
To understand a proverb, and a figure; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Berean Standard Bible
to understand the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
New Revised Standard
to understand a proverb and a figure, the words of the wise and their riddles.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall understand a parable and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.
Lexham English Bible
to understand a proverb and an expression, words of wisdom and their riddles.
English Standard Version
to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.
New American Standard Bible
To understand a proverb and a saying, The words of the wise and their riddles.
New Century Version
Then anyone can understand wise words and stories, the words of the wise and their riddles.
Good News Translation
so that they can understand the hidden meanings of proverbs and the problems that the wise raise.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He schal perseyue a parable, and expownyng; the wordis of wise men, and the derk figuratif spechis of hem.
Revised Standard Version
to understand a proverb and a figure, the words of the wise and their riddles.
Young's Literal Translation
For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.
1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: 2 For learning what wisdom and discipline are; for understanding insightful sayings; 3 for receiving wise instruction in righteousness, justice, and integrity; 4 for teaching shrewdness to the inexperienced, knowledge and discretion to a young man— 5 a wise man will listen and increase his learning, and a discerning man will obtain guidance— 6 for understanding a proverb or a parable, the words of the wise, and their riddles.
Genesis 1:5
God called the light "day," and He called the darkness "night." Evening came and then morning: the first day.
Genesis 1:6
Then God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water."
Genesis 1:7
So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above the expanse. And it was so.
Genesis 1:8
God called the expanse "sky." Evening came and then morning: the second day.
Genesis 1:11
Then God said, "Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds." And it was so.
Genesis 1:12
The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:13
Evening came and then morning: the third day.
Genesis 1:14
Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for festivals and for days and years.
Genesis 1:20
Then God said, "Let the water swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."
Genesis 1:22
So God blessed them, "Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth."
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation,.... This may be connected either with the first verse, "the proverbs of Solomon", c. are written, as for the above ends and purposes, so for these or with Proverbs 1:5, a wise and understanding man, by hearkening and attending to what is here delivered, will not only attain to wise counsels, but to the understanding of proverbial sayings, and to see into the "elegancy" m, the eloquence and beauty of them, as the word signifies; and be able to interpret them to others in a clear, plain, way and manner;
the words of the wise, and their dark sayings; the words and doctrines, not of the wise philosophers and sages of the Heathen world, but of men truly wise and good; and especially of the wise inspired writers of the Scriptures, whose words come from one Shepherd, Ecclesiastes 12:11; and the enigmas or riddles contained in their writings, which are so to a natural man, obscure phrases and expressions, things hard and difficult to be understood, yet to a spiritual man, that judgeth all things, plain and easy, 1 Corinthians 2:14.
m מליצה "facundiam", Montanus; "eloquentiam", Tigurine version; "elocutionem", Mercerus, Gejerus.
