Bible Search – search and compare multiple versions of the Bible

“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

How long, H5704 H4970 ye simple ones, H6612 will ye love H157 simplicity? H6612 And the scorners H3887 delight H2530 in their scorning, H3944 And fools H3684 hate H8130 knowledge? H1847

Ὅσον G3745 (K-ASM) ἂν G302 (PRT) χρόνον G5550 (N-ASM) ἄκακοι G172 (A-NPM) ἔχωνται G2192 (V-PES-3P) τῆς G3588 (T-GSF) δικαιοσύνης, G1343 (N-GSF) οὐκ G3756 (PRT-N) αἰσχυνθήσονται· G153 (V-FPI-3P) οἱ G3588 (T-NPM) δὲ G1161 (CONJ) ἄφρονες, G878 (A-NPM) τῆς G3588 (T-GSF) ὕβρεως G5196 (N-GSF) ὄντες G5607 (V-PAP-NPM) ἐπιθυμηταί, G1938 (N-NPM) ἀσεβεῖς G765 (A-NPM) γενόμενοι G1096 (V-2ADP-NPM) ἐμίσησαν G3404 (V-AAI-3P) αἴσθησιν G144 (N-ASF)

Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.

Scornful H3944 men H582 bring H6315 a city H7151 into a snare:^§ H6315 But wise H2450 men turn away H7725 wrath. H639

Proverbs 29:8 Or, set a city on fire

Ἄνδρες G435 (N-NPM) λοιμοὶ G3061 (N-NPM) ἐξέκαυσαν G1572 (V-AAI-3P) πόλιν, G4172 (N-ASF) σοφοὶ G4680 (A-NPM) δὲ G1161 (CONJ) ἀπέστρεψαν G654 (V-2AAI-3P) ὀργήν. G3709 (N-ASF)

Therefore hear Yahweh’s word, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:

Wherefore H3651 hear H8085 the word H1697 of the Lord, H3068 ye scornful H3944 men, H582 that rule H4910 this H2088 people H5971 which H834 is in Jerusalem. H3389

διὰ G1223 (PREP) τοῦτο G5124 (D-ASN) ἀκούσατε G191 (V-AAM-2P) λόγον G3056 (N-ASM) κυρίου, G2962 (N-GSM) ἄνδρες G435 (N-NPM) τεθλιμμένοι G2346 (V-RMP-NPM) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ἄρχοντες G758 (N-NPM) τοῦ G3588 (T-GSM) λαοῦ G2992 (N-GSM) τούτου G5127 (D-GSM) τοῦ G3588 (T-GSM) ἐν G1722 (PREP) Ιερουσαλημ G2419 (N-PRI)