Compare Translations for Proverbs 26:16

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Holman Christian Standard Bible
16 In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser than seven men who can answer sensibly.
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English Standard Version
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.
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King James Version
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
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The Message Bible
16 Dreamers fantasize their self-importance; they think they are smarter than a whole college faculty.
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New American Standard Bible
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who can give a discreet answer.
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New International Version
16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.
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New King James Version
16 The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who can answer sensibly.
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New Living Translation
16 Lazy people consider themselves smarter than seven wise counselors.
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New Revised Standard
16 The lazy person is wiser in self-esteem than seven who can answer discreetly.
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American Standard Version
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.
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The Bible in Basic English
16 The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.
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Common English Bible
16 Lazy people think they are wiser than seven people who answer sensibly.
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
16 Lazy people think they are wiser than seven people who answer sensibly.
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The Complete Jewish Bible
16 A lazy man is wiser in his own view than seven who can answer with sense.
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The Darby Translation
16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven [men] that answer discreetly.
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Good News Translation
16 A lazy person will think he is smarter than seven men who can give good reasons for their opinions.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
16 A lazy person will think he is smarter than seven men who can give good reasons for their opinions.
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GOD'S WORD Translation
16 A lazy person thinks he is wiser than seven people who give a sensible answer.
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Hebrew Names Version
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who answer with discretion.
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Jubilee Bible 2000
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can give him counsel.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
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Lexham English Bible
16 A lazy person is wiser in his eyes than seven who answer discreetly.
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Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha
16 A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.
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New Century Version
16 The lazy person thinks he is wiser than seven people who give sensible answers.
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New International Reader's Version
16 A person who doesn't want to work is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who give careful answers.
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
16 The lazy person is wiser in self-esteem than seven who can answer discreetly.
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences.
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Revised Standard Version
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer discreetly.
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16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer discreetly.
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Third Millennium Bible
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render an answer.
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render an answer.
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The Latin Vulgate
16 sapientior sibi piger videtur septem viris loquentibus sententias
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
16 sapientior sibi piger videtur septem viris loquentibus sententias
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The Webster Bible
16 The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
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World English Bible
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who answer with discretion.
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Wycliffe
16 A slow man seemeth wiser to himself, than seven men speaking sentences. (A lazy person seemeth wiser to himself, than seven people speaking forth their thoughts.)
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Young's Literal Translation
16 Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven [men] returning a reason.
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