Proverbs 24:7

Proverbs 24:7 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

7Wisdom is too high for fools;

in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.

7¶Wisdom is too exalted for a fool,

He does not open his mouth at the gate.

7¶Wisdom is too exalted for a [hardened, arrogant] fool;

He does not open his mouth in the gate [where the city’s rulers sit in judgment].

7Wisdom is too high for a fool;

he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.

7Wisdom is too high for a fool:

He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

7Wisdome is hie to a foole: therefore he can not open his mouth in the gate.

7Wisdom is too high for a fool.

He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.

7Wisdom is too high for foolish people.

They shouldn’t speak when people meet at the city gate to conduct business.

7 —22— A fool cannot understand wisdom. He has nothing to say when leaders meet.

7Wisdom [is] high for a fool, he does not open his mouth in the gate.