Proverbs 26:16
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
In context
14 As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
15 The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
Proverbs 26:16 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
- KJV King James Version
- The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
- WEB World English Bible
- The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven [men] returning a reason.
- DBY Darby Translation
- A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven [men] that answer discreetly.
- WBS Webster Bible
- The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.